Marie and Mike St John operate the Richmond based Transitional Recovery centers known as Corbin's House and Jasmine's house.

The mission is a personal one for the couple as they are recovering from substance use disorder.

And it's a path they've walked themselves.

When I got home, I was all alone and I was I was done with life.

And the only thing that stopped me was the fact that my daughter, who would be the only one to find me dead, she would be the only one would find the needle in my arm and my body on the floor.

And I couldn't leave her with that.

They sent me to the Hope Center and I went on December 8th, 2015, and been sober ever since.

You know, I just gave up on life and I was going to commit suicide.

I got tired of and pushed the needle.

My mom walked in and she said, You've hurt me enough.

This is it.

Get your stuff.

Get out of my house and don't come back.

But I got dropped off and LEXTON had to help center the Martin Shelter man.

And I was scared.

That was my God moment.

And I entered long term treatment at the health center.

I spent six months on long term, long term treatment.

I had a sponsor.

I worked for 12 steps with Alcoholics Anonymous.

So I knew something was about this recovery stuff.

I knew that something was really out there and I knew something was watching over me.

And that's when I fully body And how can we help people in Madison County?

We love helping people.

We've been in Richmond and you know, I know the road to recovery inside Madison County jail.

And we got to go back and help people and give back what was really given to us.

And when you drive through town and you've got these homeless people and you've got people in the jail that don't have nowhere to go when they get out of jail for possession charges.

And, you know, I come home to marina.

Summary Let's try to you know, let's try to open up some recovery homes.

You know, I believe people coming out of jail or off the street or want help, that they should be welcomed at home when they get there.

And I know how to stay sober.

Liberty Place gave me the tools to stay sober, but I didn't really know how to live life, you know, out here in the streets again.

So I actually saw my Guimaraes peer support at the dry dock all the time where I go to meetings.

And I got her number and I decided to go to their sober living.

The jasmine house, so I could get accountability.

So, you know, they could teach me how to live again, you know, because I didn't really know what I was doing.

It's just amazing to sit back and what somebody cut me and broke busted in, disgusted with nothing.

And to see them still take suggestions.

Go to class, get a job, get their license back, get a car, complete a program, move out, get an apartment.

That's what it's about.

I'm seeing these peer supports running around like crazy for, you know, doing whatever they possibly can to make sure that we're okay, to make sure we're fed, make sure that we have everything we need and make sure we go see a doctor.

You know, the only person that did that was my mom.

So whenever I saw that, I was like, man, you know, like, that's exactly what I want to do.

You know, I want to give back recovery.

A lot of people are making it about things that it shouldn't be about.

And what it should be about is the people that walk through the doors.

That's what it's about.

Finally, I moved out.

I got my own place.

I got a car.

I have everything that I prayed about that I never really thought I could do, ever.

You know, I love my life.

Good for her.

Alexis Scott Shore returned to Jasmine's house to work as a peer support specialist.

After graduating from the program.