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He also began attending Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, where he said he got to know Christ.

It was the best day of his life—the day he met Jesus.

During this time, Rix had a brief stint at Bill Audrey's Cottondale Reconditioned Homes, which he described as too hot, too muggy and too many people screaming.

He said he was working 80 to 90 hours a week for barely above minimum wage.

Three years ago, Rix came in and applied to Cracker Barrel.

He already knew the general manager, who had worked with Theresa at the Quincy's in Northport.

At Cracker Barrel, he started out at $8 an hour and now makes $8.91. "It ain't nothin' to live on, that's for sure," he said. His RV is $250 a month, which includes everything except gas and cable.

Ira receives a $700 disability check every month for a congenital bone disease.

Rix said they depend on each other to make it. It was through Indian Rivers that Rix began taking adult education classes through the Project Literacy program at Shelton State Community College.

Julia Chancy, director of the program, said Rix was in an adult education class at Day Star Assembly of God Church in Northport , but he was having trouble keeping up in the class because he read at only a second- grade level.

That's when Chancy said she assigned him his first tutor- Leah Nielsen, a part-time instructor in the Department of English at the University. This was ...

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