Addicted to God Ministries<\/a> in 2024 after experiencing a relapse. Since then, he said the faith-based recovery home has helped dozens of people struggling with addiction, homelessness and mental health challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\u201cI\u2019ve sold my jewelry, I\u2019ve sold things that I have, because for me it\u2019s materialistic things that I don\u2019t need no more, just to see another life change and go in a new direction. The righteous direction,\u201d Castellon said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From an early age, resident Chad Case struggled with addiction. After a more than 30-year battle, he said his girlfriend forced him to make a difficult decision in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cLike, \u2018A hundred times was a hundred times ago. I love you enough that\u2026 if you have to go somewhere, if I got to get you in somewhere and us be not together anymore,\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the help of loved ones, Case found Addicted to God Ministries. While completing the 12 steps of recovery, each resident helps with the organization\u2019s food pantry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Donations are currently stored at the recovery home. Recently, Castellon turned to Lakeland city commissioners and asked for help expanding the ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cSpecifically helping securing a warehouse, storefront, or facility, a box truck, or a 15-passenger van. These resources would immediately and directly translate into more food, more outreach, and more lives transformed right here in our city,\u201d he said during a commission meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Castellon said that includes the lives of those in his home, ultimately providing individuals like Case with a new source of happiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThis is really a place touched by God man. It is,\u201d Case said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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