Masking Addiction
In this week's episode of the agents of recovery podcast Brock, Max, and Blu discuss the masks that are worn to hide the addict behind them. Listen as they discuss the emotional situations that placed a mask on the addict, the liar, the hopeless, and the foolish and what it took to take those masks off to reveal the true self. It takes significant trust, support, and guidance to remove the mask that hides the addict so that real healing can occur. It's time to take off your masks.
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Is It Trauma?
When bad things happen it can take time to overcome the pain and feel safe again, on this week's podcast mental health therapist, Coach Blu Robinson, takes a deep dive on overcoming trauma to understand what it is, how it affects us, and strategies to erase and replace it. Listen as he goes into detail on what trauma is, how it affects us all to one degree or another, how to support someone struggling or having difficulty overcoming trauma, and specifically what you can do to help them turn the mess into a message.
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For A Clean Cause with Wes Hurt
This week Coach Blu talks with Wes Hurt, the founder of CLEAN Cause and a recovering addict and alcoholic. Miraculously for Hurt, after six rehabs over 20 years and the realization that something needed to change, he finally got sober and found recovery in 2014.
Often, people who want to go to treatment cannot afford it, and the same problem is true for sober living – there just isn’t enough funding or resources to meet the need. Wes says he wanted to build something sustainable – founded on purpose to make a difference - through healthy drinks and great design. So in addition to creating purified water and organic energy drinks, CLEAN Cause where 50% of all proceeds are donated to develop sober living scholarships for those who are pursuing recovery. To date, Clean Cause has assisted 2,593 people on their path to recovery.
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Why Is Porn Addicting
Due to the sensitive material that is discussed in today's podcast, listener discretion is advised. On this weeks podcast coach blue takes another deep dive into what makes pornography so addicting. Listen as he describes porn addiction referring to a person becoming emotionally dependent on imagery, content and experiences that can interfere with relationships, life and ability to function. Some rather disturbing statistics are shared about the magnitude of the porn industry and the ways that we are duped into believing that what we are consuming is for our benefit versus the devastating toll it takes on our life.
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Find Your Greatness In Recovery
This week's podcast the Agents of Recovery discuss finding your greatness in recovery. The ability to turn the mess of addiction into the message of sobriety and recovery is crucial when you discover that you can become a powerful instrument of positivity and inspiration simply by sharing your story. By being able to see the message that is tucked away in the struggle and the ability you will have to inspire other individuals as they take upon themselves the same attributes of recovery that you have, you become a powerful force in stepping out of anonymity and into advocacy. It's time to show your greatness!
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Dopesick: The Sackler Family Lie
On this week's podcast Coach Blu and Athletic Director, Marissa dive deep into the book turned two mini-series Dopesick. “Dopesick” examines how one company triggered the worst drug epidemic in American history. The series takes viewers to the epicenter of America’s struggle with opioid addiction, from the boardrooms of Big Pharma to a distressed Virginia mining community, to the hallways of the DEA.
If you or a loved one has ever struggled with opiate addiction, chances are, it was because of the Sackler family and their drug OxyContin. Listen as our government failed in many different ways to protect millions of people and kicked off the worst epidemic we have ever seen. Systematically the Sackler family has enriched their lives by killing generations of people who believed their lies. This podcast details some of the events, and will undoubtedly be only one podcast released as the story continues.
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Fear vs Faith in Recovery
On today's podcast, the Agents of Recovery take a deep dive into the similarities and the significant outcomes of living a life of fear of addiction or a life of faith in recovery. Listen as they discuss principles associated with seeing the positive outcomes of decisions to correct a lifestyle versus the anxiety and depression that can grip a heart that is consumed by addiction.
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The Pornography Pandemic
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On this episode of the Addict II Athlete podcast, Coach Blu, a mental health therapist, takes a deep dive into another episode targeting pornography. Listen as he goes into detail on how to identify, process, support needed to overcome this addiction. Pornography addiction is a very difficult situation to find yourself in, the more you know, the more communication that can exist the better you will be in overcoming it. Listen to aspects of how pornography addiction can destroy an intimate relationship with your significant other and how it can absolutely ruin your own self-worth because of the trauma, guilt, and depression that follows. Follow the steps that Coach Blu outlines and the real communication that you can have with your significant other by answering the questions at the end of the podcast. No one has to recover alone.
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Understanding Autism and Addiction with Alex Pearson
We have wanted to address this today's topic for several years and struggled to find an individual we felt could inform and teach the complex and important topic of autism and addiction. We are excited to introduce the Team to Alexandra Pearson. Alex has a masters degree in industrial organizational psychology and was recently diagnosed with autism. Alex describes herself as 'living in the gap between the Neurotypical and Neurodivergent' (ND) worlds, as she has always worked with and intuitively understood ND's, yet pretending to be Neurotypical, via her ability to hide her autistic traits. Her social media influence expanding awareness, education, and advocacy to autism, has made a huge impact on Coach Blu and Athletic Director Marissa.
A study out of Sweden suggests that people with autism who have average or above-average intelligence quotients (IQs) are more than twice as likely to become addicted to drugs or alcohol as their peers are. The risk is even higher for people who also have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). This study is the first to look at the general risk for addiction among people with autism.
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Are You A Consumer Or Producer?
In this week's addiction recovery podcast, Max Hall, Blu Robinson, and Brock Bevell discuss the different paradigms we find ourselves in by being consumers of time, energy, love, money, and resource while in addiction versus becoming a producer of all those attributes and more. Listen as the agents discuss their insight, unique perspective, and thoughts on how to recover from addiction, overcoming mental health challenges, deal with traumatic events, and more. This deep insight will assist you in developing a stronghold in your addiction recovery and put you on the path to become an agent of recovery.
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One on One with Coach Blu: Sober Living
On this week's podcast Coach Blu discusses his thoughts and the unfortunate situation is that typically plague sober living houses. Listen as they take a deep dive into the mechanisms of sober living, the benefits, and the struggles and things you need to know. They process dual diagnosis issues that typically are overlooked or not observed in sober living situations and also how to recognize if you are in unhealthy relationships. They answer a spouse's question on how to help and not enable a partner who struggles with addiction. Lastly, the list ways to identify a toxic relationship and traits of healthy relationships.
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From Prison To Rio Olympics with Tony Hoffman
This week Coach Blu speaks to Tony Hoffman a top-ranked BMX amateur with multiple endorsements to a man in trouble when in 2004 Tony committed a home invasion armed robbery and was ultimately sent to prison for two years. Violating his probation and in the depths of addiction, he made a choice and a promise to himself that ultimately saved his life. After paroling from prison Tony started living out his dream, with his addiction behind him. Tony is a Former BMX Elite Pro and placed 2nd at the 2016 World Championships in Medellin Colombia in the Masters Pro class. Tony coached Women’s Elite Pro, Brooke Crain, to a 4th place finish at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Brazil. His story is full of redemption as he has seen some of the highest highs, and the lowest lows. Tony has presented on the prestigious TEDx stage and his Goalcast video that went viral in February of 2020 has been viewed more than ten million times. He is the Founder and Director of The Freewheel Project, a non-profit organization that mentors thousands of youth through action sports.
Listen as they discuss the significance of turning the mess into a message and allowing the difficult times in life to become the platforms to success when you make the decision to become actively engaged rather than withdrawn and hidden.
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One on One With Coach Blu: Coping with Grief
Weekly live show, One on One with Coach Blu. Coach Blu is a licensed mental health therapist and certified substance use, disorder counselor. Today's cohost Addict II Athlete's own Athletic Director Marisa Robinson. Marissa is a Certified Recreational Therapist. This is an open topic so by which you the listener can participate by submitting your own questions through direct messaging or, jump on the zoom link provided to be a guest and participant on the show. We discuss topics of addiction, recovery, mental illness, health and wellness, and much more.
This week we discussed, the loss of a dear athlete who will be severely missed, ways to cope with grief and the unexpected news of the loss of a loved one, self-medicating, and coping with emotions when pursuing sobriety.
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How to Rebuild Relationships After Addiction
Whether you have struggled with addiction yourself or a loved one has, there is no denying that the person using drugs or alcohol is not the only one suffering from the effects of substance abuse.
On this week's podcast, the Agents of Recovery Max, Blu, and Brock discuss rebuilding relationships with your loved one or significant other. More often than not, your loved one likely has the most love for you and may have also closely experienced the changes addiction caused. They may struggle with trust issues and emotional damage that were created during your period of substance abuse. Listen as they discuss skills and how to rebuild these relationships through recovery.
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At The Core Of Addiction
Have you ever wondered what's at the core of addiction? What is the causality of addiction? Have you ever wondered what it is that created your addiction in the first place? Do you know the difference between recovery and healing from addiction? Do you know how important it is for you to strengthen your mind and change your thinking in order to recover and heal from addiction? These are questions answered and discussed on this week's podcast. Listen as Coach Blu describes his approach to addiction recovery, using your mind as a tool rather than an obstacle and being able to truly identify what caused your addiction in the first place. There are so many pathways to recovery that more information and more tools you can use to overcome trauma, addiction, and mental health could only strengthen your overall understanding and pursuit of a sober lifestyle.
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One on One With Coach Blu: Playing by The Rules
Welcome to our weekly live show, One on One with Coach Blu. Coach Blu is a licensed mental health therapist and certified substance use, disorder counselor. Today's cohost Addict II Athlete's own Athletic Director Marisa Robinson. Marissa is a Certified Recreational Therapist. This is an open topic so by which you the listener can participate by submitting your own questions through direct messaging or, jump on the zoom link provided to be a guest and participant on the show. We discuss topics of addiction, recovery, mental illness, health and wellness, and much more. Today we discuss recreation therapy, anxiety, panic attacks, fear, mindfulness, depression, and medication.
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Freedom of Recovery vs Captivity of Addiction
This week the Agents of Recovery discuss the differences between the freedom of recovery and the captivity of addiction. Listen as they take a deep dive into the aspects of the freedom you're able to achieve once you place yourself on the path of recovery and sobriety. Understand the captivity that addiction attempts to convince the addict that comfort is found in its ugly grip. We all possess the ability to choose even at the darkest times of our lives, therefore all we need is the right leverage, motivation, and mentors to help us make it possible.
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Understanding Dual Diagnosis
On this week's Addict II Athlete Podcast Coach Blu takes a deep dive into the most common co-occurring disorders that are typically found when an individual is also diagnosed with a substance use disorder. Listen as he reviews generalized anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, personality disorders, and mood disorders. He also takes a deep dive into a borderline personality disorder. These are sensitive topics to discuss and Coach Blu does an eloquent job discussing how these disorders manifest, what they are, and how to find help if you or a loved one are exhibiting any of these co-occurring disorders.
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Beyond The Rivalry
On this week's podcast Agents of Recovery discuss the fallout and circumstances behind the rivalry between Brigham Young University and the University of Utah suffering a low blow from a fan who in poor taste thought it would be appropriate to mock a challenging time in Max Hall‘s life. Listen as Max, Brock and Blu discuss the significance behind sportsmanlike contact on and off the field, in the world of covering, awareness and being able to focus the negative attention to something so positive. Listen as they take live phone calls from friends and family as they discuss the circumstances behind recovery and never allowing others to dictate a healthy sober future.
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Humble Accountability
This week Coach Blu interviews a special guest he worked with years ago. Portia Louder talks about her 4 and half years in federal prison, events that led to her addiction, and ultimately recovery, redemption, and healing. Portia shares how she found freedom in prison. This is a powerful example of taking accountability and seeing the good in the absolute worst. Check out her book this October, Living Louder. Here is an excerpt about her interaction with Blu Robinson.
Before I was sentenced, I met with a therapist and told him I wasn’t sure how to prepare for my sentencing.
“I’m facing up to seven years in prison, and I can’t imagine being away from my family for even one year. How could I ever prepare for seven?”
“What you are facing is difficult, but there are worse things,” my therapist said. “You could spend seven years in your addiction, being isolated and disconnected from your family and everyone around you. I think that would be worse. In prison, you would still be able to become an amazing person. That’s not the case with addiction.”
Become an amazing person. That stuck with me. I needed a goal, something to hold on to. I went back to the unit and wrote down a list of things I could do to become an amazing person. That night I laid in my bunk and begged God to give me the strength to move forward. “I need help.” I cried. “I want to make the best of this, but I can’t do it alone.”
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