Captain My Captain With Athlete Chelsie OlsenCaptain My Captain With Athlete Chelsie Olsen
Addict II Athlete Podcast
Coach Blu Robinson talks with Team Captain Chelsie Olsen about her journey from relapse, homelessness, and DCFS involvement to reunification, study, and leadership in recovery. Their conversation highlights grit, asking for help, and seeing child protective services as a resource rather than an enemy.
55:56•5 Apr 2021
From Snowy Strollers to Social Work: Chelsie Olsen’s Gritty Comeback
Episode Overview
- Doing recovery "for your kids" isn’t enough; long‑term change needs to be for yourself as well.
- Child protective services can be used as a resource if you take accountability and stay engaged.
- Lack of support after graduation from treatment can be dangerous; building ongoing community and aftercare is crucial.
- Asking for help and dropping pride opens the door for others to step in and support your recovery and your family.
- Advocating for your rights and refusing to simply accept unfair obstacles can change outcomes with courts and agencies.
“"Get your butt up and go. Don't stop. It's not worth giving up."”
What makes a recovery story truly inspiring? This conversation between Coach Blu Robinson and Team Captain Chelsie Olsen gives a raw, down‑to‑earth look at what fighting for sobriety and family really looks like. Chelsie talks about rebuilding her identity after years of using, saying she had to "relearn who I even was" because for so long she only saw herself as "just mum" and "clean for my kids".
She and Blu rewind to their early days together in treatment, where he remembers her pushing a stroller through ankle‑deep snow to make group, proof that even back then she had serious grit. The episode traces how things fell apart after drug court ended and support systems vanished. Chelsie explains how the night after graduating, she used again and slowly slid back into full‑blown addiction.
It escalated to homelessness with her children, to the point where she walked into child protective services and said, "We need help. Take my kids.
I can't take care of them." From there, the story shifts to how she chose to treat DCFS as a resource instead of an enemy, even when a later caseworker "went out of her way to make things harder." With Blu and an outpatient therapist backing her, Chelsie kept pushing through every obstacle, insisting, "It's not over until it's over," and eventually fought her way to reunification and stability.
Now a student at Utah Valley University aiming for social work, Chelsie shares how it feels to move from client to mentor, run groups, and hold others accountable, all while parenting three energetic boys and staying active with Addict II Athlete. Her message to any exhausted parent staring at treatment in a snowstorm? "Get your butt up and go. Don't stop. It's not worth giving up." If you're tempted to quit, who could you reach out to today instead?
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