This month we sit down with mother, wife, addiction counselor, and former dockworker Lorie E. Garcia, who decades in recovery still speaks at meetings, sponsors women and fosters animals to square herself with a God of her understanding. We talk about the Steps, immigrant advocacy, and healing from racism and misogynous traumas through not only the rooms of AA but therapy and “outside help.”

Opening quote by U.S. Senate nominee Angie Nixon

Main show theme is “Strangers” by Midnight Prisms

Music and lyrics by Alicia Beck

Music and production by Max Foreman

Mastering by Little Castle Sound

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Main logo art by Patrick Mitchell and Angelina Harvey (@graffitifucks on Instagram)

• (00:00:00) - Are radical issues worth fighting for?
• (00:01:07) - One woman's story of Alcoholics Anonymous
• (00:09:08) - One Mother's Battle With Alcohol
• (00:13:35) - How the Steps Polishes Your Rough Skin
• (00:17:50) - Post-Trauma Therapy for Substance Use Disorder
• (00:23:34) - How Did You Heal the Trauma Around Racism?
• (00:25:38) - Trump supporters speak out about racism
• (00:31:36) - The Need for Treatment for Substance Use
• (00:35:10) - Longshore Women speak out about the challenges
• (00:36:22) - Pro-Unions: I Love My Union
• (00:43:23) - 72-Year-Old Woman Rescues Three Cats and Three