The Minor League: Your StoryThe Minor League: Your Story
Addict II Athlete Podcast
Savannah and Blu talk candidly about growing up around addiction, sharing personal stories of pain, courage and family connection. Their conversation focuses on breaking harmful cycles, building confidence to speak up, and choosing not to let past trauma define the future.
30:08•17 Jan 2021
Breaking the Cycle: Sharing Your Story as a Child of Addiction
Episode Overview
- Sharing your story, even when you feel vulnerable, can inspire others and reduce shame.
- Confidence in public speaking grows over time through repeated practice, not overnight fixes.
- Children of addicts often take on adult roles, and recognising this weight is key to healing.
- Breaking the cycle of abuse or addiction starts with clear personal promises about how you’ll treat future family members.
- You are not defined by past abuse or poverty; your choices now can shape a different future.
“We are not the abuse that we suffered. We're not the poverty that we had growing up.”
How do people find strength in their journey to sobriety? This conversation between 15-year-old host Savannah Robinson and her dad, coach and therapist Blu Robinson, brings that question right into the heart of family life. You’ll hear Savannah joking about yet another injured elbow, then shifting into something far deeper: why sharing your story matters, especially for teens and children of addicts.
Together, she and Blu talk about public speaking nerves, teaching a full day of seminary classes on “Who am I?”, and how practising confidence and posture can slowly build courage to speak up. A powerful moment comes when Savannah reads a raw message from a young woman who grew up with addicted parents, “playing mum” to younger siblings, and promising herself that her own kids would never think that chaos was normal.
Blu links this to his own childhood with abuse and addiction in the home, asking why some people repeat the pain while others refuse to pass it on. His line, “We are not the abuse that we suffered. We're not the poverty that we had growing up,” sums up the episode’s core message. The chat stays honest and low-key, with a mix of humour (falling over during Facebook Live, broken elbows and all) and very real emotion.
Savannah shares how she holds it together around friends, then lets herself cry with her parents, while Blu talks about learning to show emotion openly after a childhood where feelings weren’t safe. This one’s ideal if you’re in recovery, grew up around addiction, or you’re a parent trying to break the cycle and give your kids something different. It might leave you asking: what promises are you ready to make to your younger self?
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