Ep. 103: The abuse men don't talk about - born into chaos & saved by God - Steven Casillas' story

Adventures in Adversity: an inspirational podcast · Sep 25, 2026 · 1h 5m

Men are told to be quiet, suck it up, and man up. Steven Casillas did that for years, and he says it nearly ate him alive.

In this episode, Steven shares a story he's still living: growing up surrounded by domestic violence, drugs, and manipulation, raising his baby sisters at 8 years old, joining the Army at 18 with nowhere else to go, and surviving 3 years in Afghanistan, including the morning a bomber struck the gate he walked through every day.

He came home, bought his first house at 22, and walked into a relationship that he says repeated the patterns he grew up with. Steven is honest…