From Addict To Athlete. The Mission of Blu and his team at Addict To Athlete is to establish and maintain recovery by promoting lifestyle changes through erasing addiction and replacing it with things of greater value. Blu is a leader and athlete in his community as well as a husband, father, therapist and coach to men and woman struggling with addiction. Blu openly shares his story of being brought up in a dysfunctional home. The mistreatment he faced by the hands of his step father(s) and the psychological warfare addiction and loneliness played in his life. Blu found a life-line in the chaos in his best friend Marissa. Blu shares that overcoming his addiction was the easy part but facing his character weaknesses head on became the life long battle.