l.a. vinnie merino.a 54-year-old recovering drug addict regularly fills this room with devotes of unique, solid yoga. >> i think what happens with my class and probably any class is that the community is built around the class. >> but vinny's purpose driven life wasn't always so grounded. >> i started taking alcohol from my mother from the bar and then started sniffing glue and smoking pot. started doing pills. started doing psychedelic and ended up shooting cocaine and heroin. >> growing up in the 1970s in new york city, drugs were everywhere. he couldn't get enough. >> i was like, no matter how much i do, i will come down. >> after a stint in rehab and another nine months using, merino finally got clean and emersed himself in yoga. >> it just physically felt great because all our bodies hold stress and yoga like the poses and the breathing open me up and it just felt like right. >> merino found more inspiration when he was introduced to the lead sing er. >> do what you love kind of thing. she said, tea