Finding The Cause of Addiction
Today’s podcast focuses on psychologist, Eric Erickson’s stages of development. Listen as Coach Blu and athletic director, Marissa discuss how the stages can help you identify the beginning of your addiction, how to erase and replace the feelings and associations related to the time you used, as well as helpful tips on how to help your family members who may be struggling.
Stage One (0-1)– Trust vs Mistrust
Stage Two (2-3)– Autonomy vs Shame and Doubt
Stage Three (4-6)– Initiative vs Guilt
Stage Four (7-12)– Industry vs Inferiority
Stage Five (13-19) - Identity vs Role Confusion
Stage Six (20-40) – Intimacy vs Isolation
Stage Seven (40-60) - Generativity vs Stagnation
Stage Eight 60+ – Ego Integrity vs Despair
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The Power Of Play
This week’s episode discusses the power of play. It seems as though as we grow up, we forget how to play. Listen as Coach Blu and Athletic Director, Marissa Robinson discussed the significance of Healthy recreation with friends and family. Explore how important it is to erase addiction and replace it with activity, balance, and learning. Addict to Athlete believes that an active role in sober recreational activities leads to a fuller and more rewarding life. It is time to create your life again, to give new life, and freshness by recreating. We hope to help individuals and families not only recreate but to re-create their lives. This is a fun podcast that will remind you of all the things you did before addiction took over your life and more importantly, how to regain control of your leisure time.
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Turn The Mess Into A Message
Today Coach Blu interviews James Johnson, the newest Coach of team Addict II Athlete as he describes his history, how he was introduced to team Addict II Athlete, efforts he's making in his own community to establish AIIA and the difference he's making by his desire to serve and surround himself with the team. James shares some of his substance abuse history, incarceration and past trauma. This is a powerful and motivating interview and you will understand how our motto of turning massive addiction into the message of recovery is a key factor in recovery.
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Building A Home Team
Today’s podcast focuses on the establishment and development of your sober support system at home in creating your own Home Team advantage. The creation and development of your Home Team is so important if you want to establish a winning dynasty. Listen as coach and athletic director, Blu and Marissa Robinson discuss their own understandings, tips, tools and examples on how to develop your team and how to use what you’ve learned growing up to strengthen your own family system by being open, honest and humble.
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Emotional Investments
Listen as Coach Blu interviews Skyler and Chantel Jensen, two members of team Addict II Athlete, who have found the journey of recovery a motivator to establish a healthy family. Listen as they talk about what happens when a relationship needs accountability and honesty. The ups and downs and the choice to see the good even when it seems as though addiction will win.
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Team Strength
Listen as coach Blu interviews two awesome members of our Northern Cache County chapter of Addict II Athlete Angie and Roxy. These athletes are amazing individuals and you feel the love and passion they have as they have helped build AIIA in their community. The sober support group in the Cache County team of Addict II Athlete is very strong and we are lucky to have them be a part of this work.
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What's Your Why
Today Coach Blu and Athletic Director, Marissa talk about finding your why in recovery. Listen as they talk about the reason it's important to keep why you are seeking recovery as an ever-growing journey and not just an end goal.
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International Athlete
Season 2 of the Addict II Athlete Podcast kicks off with Jarom Thurston talking about how his running has shaped his life in Brazil and here in America. They discuss the team’s support group and Jarom recalls the start of the team and the goals he set for himself.
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Community First
Today Coach Blu speaks to Beau Carter on establishing sobriety in service, erasing his addiction and replacing it with relationships, purpose, and hope. Using the grief of losing friends as a motivator to get active in making changes in his community.
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Recreational Therapy
Coach Blu interviews our very own Athletic Director, Marissa Robinson who is a Certified Therapeutic Recreation Specialist. Recreation therapy utilizes different types of activities and recreation to help meet the psychological, mental, physical, and emotional needs of individuals who struggle with addiction, mental health, trauma, and more to develop skills for daily living. Marissa uses recreation as a tool for recovery. Listen to learn why recreation is so important in your own recovery. Addict to Athlete believes that an active role in sober recreational activities leads to a fuller and more rewarding life. It is time to create your life again, to give new life, and freshness by recreating. We hope to help individuals and families not only recreate but to re-create their lives.
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Codependency
Athletes, listen to this week's podcast as Coach Blu interviews Dr. Paul Jenkins, a clinical psychologist, using his very unique Positivity Philosophy that assist’s individuals to see the better parts of the worst problems. This podcast will assist anyone in recovery who's building their own sober support system and strong home team to identify problems in relationships that might arise. They discuss how to identify, address and work through codependency. Coach Blu and Dr. Paul have a long working relationship and you can definitely get a feel for the love and passion that they both have for this work. Find out more about Dr. Paul HERE.
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Wisdom
Today Coach Blu talks to Athlete Allen Hibler about his life, his recovery and his unique view on the lessons he has learned on the way. Allen has love and wisdom behind his words and a message to share to the younger generation.
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Hall of Champions with Max Hall
In this episode Coach Blu interviews Max Hall, former BYU football and Arizona Cardinal’s quarterback who found himself in addiction’s ugly grip. Listen as Max describes the lessons learned on and off the field. From the highlights of an inspirational collage and professional career to the back seat of a police car, Max Hall has learned to turn his mess of addiction into the message of family, service, and coaching.
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Be A Hero
Athletes listen in as Coach Blu interviews Desmond Lomax, a former BYU football player turned law-enforcement and now a clinical therapist. Lomax and Coach discuss life, recovery and things they learned in the field of recovery. This principle-based podcast talks about sports, addiction and recovery as well as principle-based living. You don’t want to miss this one.
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Addict II Artist
We are more than addicts. We are more than Athletes. We are all Creators. This podcast introduces the sister program to Addict II Athlete as Coach Blu interviews Donel Ward, the Art Director of Addict To Artist in Elko, Nevada. Listen as Donel describes how treatment and service have given her purpose and direction. She is a genuine artist now serving her community and carrying the message of recovery. Her community support group gives as much to her as she gives to them.
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Team Robison
Listen as Coach Blu Robinson interviews Shad and Freyja Robison. This powerhouse couple shares their experience adopting children with disabilities directly related to substance use from biological parents. They have become strong members of team Addict to Athlete because of their willingness to allow athletes to render service to their beautiful, sweet daughter Emma in a Hoyt racing wheelchair in all of our events. The athletes use their legs to offer Emma a special view into the world of running and racing. It’s a powerful story with amazing principles to be learned.
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Heart of a Champion
It takes heart to be an athlete and it take the heart of a Champion to run with our AIIA Lady Athlete, Destiny Kroeber. Athlete Kroeber is Team Addict II Athlete's Rookie of the Year for 2018 and all you need to do is listen to her story to understand why.
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Love and Loss
This 2017 podcast was a powerful reminder that we still face a huge epidemic in our country that takes the lives of (144 in 2017) and now (197 in 2019) due to opiate related abuse. Listen as Coach Blu interviews Amber Baum. She talks about her daughter's battle and passing from her own addiction.
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The Rookie
Team Addict II Athlete welcomes Athlete Mike Schroader, a Rookie from the St. George, Utah Chapter. Athlete Schroader ran his first 5k on February 2nd and he takes the time process his experience. Every recovery has a starting line and all we need to do is take our mark, get set and go.
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Addiction Recovery with David Clark
As a rule, you should never start talking before you hit the record button. Listen as Coach Blu and Coach David Clark just start flowing during the warm-up mic check and just get into the rhythm and flow of recovery. This unscripted podcast is a powerful reminder that sobriety, healing from addiction and the erase and replace philosophy can come from the heart. We now return to your regularly scheduled program already in progress.
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