“I’ve learned that recovery is a good alternative to the life I was living. If anybody is struggling with drugs or alcohol, there is hope in the rooms of AA and NA, which Mad House offers in their facility, along with the accountability of being a resident. Recovery rocks!”
“CSTL has been the only place that helped me with sobriety and most importantly a new way to live. I have an immense amount of support and love all because of Mad House. This is my family!”
“CSTL give me a place to be accountable to.”
“If you want recovery and a place to change your life, CSTL offers a safe place and a friendly atmosphere to form a foundation of recovery.”
“I’ve lived here a short time as a recovering alcoholic and drug addict. In my short time here, this house and occupants have literally saved my life more than once. I know I will move on one day, but for now I cannot imagine anywhere else and find comfort knowing I lay my head here.”
“Thank you for the safe place to build my recovery foundation. I could never have stayed sober if not for a place like this. This place gave me a second chance and a new family. Thank you.”
“A place where when you speak, you are understood; when you listen, you understand.”
“I was homeless and now I’m not. Thank you.”
“I moved in here hopeless and shattered. I had no options and was on death’s doorstep. That was 14 months ago. I now have life, hope for my future and - most importantly - a FAMILY. I owe everything to CSTL and am grateful for the life I live now.”
“I came to CSTL a meth addict. I left a man.”
“I LOVE Mad House.”
“CSTL has given me a place to get a firm foundation in my recovery around a group I call my friends who also know what I’m going through.”
“I found a new life here. Life is new and joyful, almost like before I ever drank. I am so thankful to live in a growing, loving community. Relationship restored with my grown children…. So thankful and blessed.”