OVERTIME with Coach Blu and Marissa
Our weekly Q&A call-in show. Coach Blu is a licensed mental health therapist and certified substance use, disorder counselor cohosted by Addict II Athlete's own Athletic Director Marisa Robinson. Marissa is a Certified Recreational Therapist and Addiction Recovery Professional.
This is an open topic so you the listener can participate by submitting your own questions through direct messaging. We discuss topics of addiction, recovery, mental illness, health and wellness, and much more.
Every Wednesday at 12:30 pm Mountain Time live on Facebook. You can submit questions at info@addicttoathlete.org or on the FB live feed.
The Missing Dot
Psychology test here! Your eyes are looking at what is missing. When the artist is the one who created it, the way it is supposed to be. Start looking for the good, the positive, the things to be grateful for.
Why Is It So Hard To Stop Using?
Have you ever wondered why it's so difficult to stop using substances to cope with life? Take a note from Coach Blu's recovery playbook and develop a deeper understanding of how your brain is changed when you suppress emotional turbulence through using. How does your brain change when you suppress emotions through using?
Addict II Athlete is a free community resource that assists anyone struggling with or a family/friend of someone in addiction. This channel will assist in turning the mess of addiction into the message of recovery and health. Coach Blu Robinson will introduce recovery principles through athletic and wellness metaphors to help erase addiction and replace it with service, athletics, health, and wellness. Join Team AIIA and release the Champion within.
Finding Empathy
The term “empathy” is used to describe a wide range of experiences. Sometimes it's difficult to have empathy for people that have lied to you. You get emotionally fatigued and when an addict uses up all your empathy, sometimes it's difficult to trust again.
The D.N.F (Did Not Finish)
There are times on both the racecourse and within your recovery that challenges will arise and you will need to make a choice to push through or take a knee. If you choose to take the knee and you pull yourself out you will receive a DNF (DID NOT FINISH). Watch this video as Coach Blu talks about the reasons why this is not the path you want to choose.
The Wall- Barrier to Sobriety
In recovery or on the racecourse, we all have the potential to hit the wall. The wall is defined as a mental, emotional, and sometimes physical barrier that hinders our progression as we strive to move our sobriety along. The Wall seems like an immovable roadblock that halts our progress. Overcoming the trauma threshold that holds us back, we can get over, through, or around these mental barriers and ultimately finish the race we started.
Understanding Pain
It's inevitable, we're all going to experience some kind of pain. To an individual in active sobriety, pain can be the means to a very tragic end. It doesn't have to be physical by nature but also can be emotional, mental, spiritual, and so on. Learning how to cope, deal, and heal will make a huge difference as you navigate sobriety.
Emotional Vulnerability
We all have trouble sometimes expressing who we authentically are because of a worry open soon and becoming emotionally vulnerable be a potential downfall. Watch and listen as Coach Blu describes being willing to face challenges through your vulnerability comes with power and freedom!
Understanding Trauma
Many of us have experienced some kind of trauma that has contributed to our addiction. These are some tips and characteristics of understanding your own trauma and how to relate to someone who might be struggling with unresolved trauma. Be aware of how the individual is feeling, sometimes they themselves don't understand the significant emotional turbulence that trauma creates.
Ready For A Comeback
You’ve made a mistake, slipped, relapsed…call someone who cares about you. Every great story has an underdog and every underdog makes a comeback. No matter how long you've been gone now is the time for you to return back to recovery, back to sobriety and back to the path you know you were meant for.