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The sun is fading on a Wednesday night and people are trickling quietly into an office behind an unassuming parking lot in Northern Bakersfield. Inside, bright yellow chairs and plastic flamingoes lean against turquoise walls and Tom Petty’s on the radio. A chipper administrative assistant named Mary Lora greets people as they walk through the door. Chatting with Lora through the glass is Larry Bostick, a scruffy redhead leaning against the little white check-in counter. Lora asks him how he’s doing and he smiles underneath his skater cap. “Really good,” he says. “I haven’t felt this great in the last two years.” He says he’s feeling good because he’s clean—off heroin and pills. “Fully on sober, I have been going on 2 months, which I mean is good,” he says. “It’s not great, but I feel honestly that this is it for me.” The “this” he’s talking about Groups, the drug recovery program where we’ve met tonight . Its Bakersfield location opened its doors last May. The goal: Reduce dependence
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