On this weeks podcastCoach Blu Addresses the absolutely horrific numbers released identifying 100,306 people who died last year due to overdose. Listen as Coach Blu talks about why this number is so disturbing, how to het real in recovery and how to establish a Home Team approach to help strengthen your family system. Coach offers his concept on how to overcome and end addiction by getting honest with yourself and by taking using the awareness cycle to identify your core issue.  Please join Addict to Athlete’s Patreon support page and help us turn the mess of addiction into the message of sobriety! https://www.patreon.com/addicttoathlete For more information on Team Addict to Athlete and Addiction Recovery Podcasts please visit our website. https://www.AddictToAthlete.org

On this weeks podcast coach Blu talks with Heath McDougal-Deans team captain, ultra runner, minster, therapist and most of all a father. Listen as he talks about his life, The struggle that he overcame to be more than he ever thought possible. This is a true story of redemption, compassion and love. Listen how belief changed his world placed him on the top to inspire, teach and love.  Please join Addict to Athlete’s Patreon support page and help us turn the mess of addiction into the message of sobriety! https://www.patreon.com/addicttoathlete For more information on Team Addict to Athlete and Addiction Recovery Podcasts please visit our website. https://www.AddictToAthlete.org

In this week's episode Coach Blu Speaks to Ian "The Hurricane" Heinisch. Listen to this powerful story as the Hurricane nickname not only embodies his fighting style but also symbolizes the whirlwind of a journey this young fighter has faced outside of the cage. Heinisch recalled being deported from Canada back to the U.S. while working there illegally. Instead of finding legal work in the states, he ended up getting into the drug trade. Heinisch then left his family and hopped on a Greyhound bus to Indiana. Shortly after arriving in Indiana, Heinsch traveled to New York before ending up in Amsterdam. “New York, to Amsterdam with about 1,000 bucks in my pocket, didn’t know anyone. It was kind of a dream I had to backpack the world and this was kind of the big push that says it’s time to go.”  Ian will absolutely show you that you never give up on what you truly want in life.  Please join Addict to Athlete’s Patreon support page and help us turn the mess of addiction into the message of sobriety! https://www.patreon.com/addicttoathlete For more information on Team Addict to Athlete and Addiction Recovery Podcasts please visit our website. https://www.AddictToAthlete.org

When bad things happen it can take time to overcome the pain and feel safe again, on this week's podcast coach blue take 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.

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 a sober living – there just isn’t enough funding or resources to meet the need. Wes says he wanted to build something sustainable – founded in 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.   https://cleancause.com Please join Addict to Athlete’s Patreon support page and help us turn the mess of addiction into the message of sobriety! https://www.patreon.com/addicttoathlete For more information on Team Addict to Athlete and Addiction Recovery Podcasts please visit our website. https://www.AddictToAthlete.org

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. Please join Addict to Athlete’s Patreon support page and help us turn the mess of addiction into the message of sobriety! https://www.patreon.com/addicttoathlete For more information on Team Addict to Athlete and Addiction Recovery Podcasts please visit our website. https://www.AddictToAthlete.org

On this weeks podcast Coach Blu and Athletic Director Marissa  dive deep into the book turned two mini series dope sick. “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 so 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. At this podcast details some of the events, and will undoubtably be only one podcast released as the story continues. Please join Addict to Athlete’s Patreon support page and help us turn the mess of addiction into the message of sobriety! https://www.patreon.com/addicttoathlete For more information on Team Addict to Athlete and Addiction Recovery Podcasts please visit our website. https://www.AddictToAthlete.org

*Due to the sensitive material discussed in today's podcast, listener discretion is advised* On this episode of the Addict II Athlete podcast, Coach Blu 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 blue 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. Please join Addict to Athlete’s Patreon support page and help us turn the mess of addiction into the message of sobriety! https://www.patreon.com/addicttoathlete For more information on Team Addict to Athlete and Addiction Recovery Podcasts please visit our website. https://www.AddictToAthlete.org Additional material can be found through the book discussed in today's podcast entitled The Porn Pandemic, a simple guy to understanding and ending pornography addiction for men.

This week's podcast has been a long time in the making. 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. We are excited to introduce the Team to Alexandra Pearson. 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, she truly has made an impact on Coach Blu and Athletic Director Marissa. Please join Addict to Athlete’s Patreon support page and help us turn the mess of addiction into the message of sobriety! https://www.patreon.com/addicttoathlete For more information on Team Addict to Athlete and Addiction Recovery Podcasts please visit our website. https://www.AddictToAthlete.org

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.  Please join Addict to Athlete’s Patreon support page and help us turn the mess of addiction into the message of sobriety! https://www.patreon.com/addicttoathlete For more information on Team Addict to Athlete and Addiction Recovery Podcasts please visit our website. https://www.AddictToAthlete.org   One on One With Coach Blu