HOPKINSVILLE, KY (CHRISTIAN COUNTY NOW) – A locally operated recovery house in Hopkinsville is supporting men who are dealing with addiction by providing housing, workforce connections and therapy to guide them through the process of overcoming drug and alcohol abuse. Located in the big blue building on Ninth Street, Courage House is able to accommodate a dozen men at a time, equipped with all of the comforts of home.
“We are thrown away all the time when we get convicted, and when we’re thrown out of jail, we have nowhere to go, we have nothing to do, family turned their back on us. All we have left is the streets,” said an emotional Courage House resident and peer leader Victor McClary, describing himself as a broke, drunk, drug addict before he came there.
Now, he is now celebrating his sobriety and is a leader in the house. He added, “I appreciate all my brothers in the house, they helped me grow and then we grow together…this is a place where you come and succeed.”
He explained to Christian County Now that there are three peer leaders in the house who take on additional responsibilities, acting as additional mediators while independently working on their own journey. He was the fourth person to join Courage House when they began and was the first to ever receive a one-year sober chip from the program…