#119 – Lona "LC" Currie: Recovery Soulfood#119 – Lona "LC" Currie: Recovery Soulfood
Recovery Survey
Brett Morris talks with Lona "LC" Currie about addiction, trauma, recovery and gender transition, with a strong focus on root causes and genuine connection. Their conversation questions shame-based ideas about sobriety and highlights community, validation and living authentically as key parts of healing.
37:57•6 Jul 2022
Recovery Soulfood: LC Currie on Root Causes, Connection and Living Your Truth
Episode Overview
- Addiction is described as an outward symptom of deeper issues, so focusing only on abstinence leaves the real wounds untouched.
- Relapse is framed as part of the work rather than total failure, with attention placed on the thoughts and circumstances leading up to it.
- Inner work can begin even if someone is still using, as changing coping skills and self-worth often leads them to put substances aside naturally.
- Validation, connection and community are presented as fundamental human needs that make recovery feel safer and more sustainable.
- LC’s gender transition highlights how living authentically, even when it is public and uncomfortable, can ease anger, shame and physical distress.
“The recovery community is set to change the world because there's no other community on earth that has the ability to hear the most shocking story that anyone can tell and just nod and say, I feel you, man.”
What remarkable journeys have people faced head-on against addiction? This conversation between Brett Morris and Lona "LC" Currie shows just how complicated, messy and beautiful recovery can be. LC, host of Recovery Soulfood, talks openly about childhood trauma, mental health struggles and a 22‑year addiction to opioids and anything that numbed the pain.
He shares how he came to see substances as an "outward symptom of a bigger problem" and why he focuses on root causes rather than just counting days without using. You’ll hear LC challenge the old idea that recovery is only about abstinence. He talks about relapse as part of the work, the power of starting inner healing even if someone is still using, and why he doesn’t shame people over where they’re at.
Connection, validation and community sit at the heart of his message – he argues that many of us are really starving for emotional safety more than anything else. LC also speaks candidly about his gender transition and how closely it mirrors recovery: that uncomfortable in‑between stage where you’re too far from who you were but not yet sure who you’re becoming.
He describes doing his “shadow work where everyone can see” and the moment a doctor unexpectedly told him, "I can help you," confirming he was on the right path.
Throughout, LC keeps returning to the strength of people in recovery: "The recovery community is set to change the world" because it can hear the most shocking story and simply say, "I feel you, man." If you’re tired of shame‑based ideas about addiction and curious about more honest, human‑first recovery conversations, this one might be the nudge you need to keep going and keep talking.
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