{"id":10556,"date":"2026-05-29T15:06:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:06:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=10556"},"modified":"2026-05-29T15:06:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T15:06:26","slug":"rivers-edge-ranch-offers-faith-recovery-and-hope-to-struggling-addicts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconvalleymovingpost.com\/?p=10556","title":{"rendered":"River\u2019s Edge Ranch offers faith, recovery and hope to struggling addicts"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just before sunrise on a recent Friday, the Mojave Desert is only beginning to stir as dozens of men pack the dining room at River\u2019s Edge Ranch, a Christian-based residential drug and alcohol rehabilitation facility in remote Lucerne Valley.<\/p>

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As a hearty breakfast of scrambled eggs, biscuits and gravy cooks in the kitchen and fresh coffee brews, ranch leader Brandon Paul stands before dozens of men gathered on a couch and around tables to read aloud the day\u2019s work assignments. Cows, pigs and chickens need feeding, horses must be brushed and walked, stalls cleaned, and much more.<\/p>\n

After breakfast, the men fan out across the 20-acre ranch hauling wheelbarrows, shovels and rakes to begin the day\u2019s work \u2014 a major component of the faith-based program ranch leaders say is vital to the residents\u2019 recovery.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a blessing for me, not waking up sick or worrying about where I\u2019m going to get food,\u201d said Rodney Mora, 45, of Fontana, a recovering alcoholic in his second stay at River\u2019s Edge who now helps oversee daily operations as the ranch\u2019s yard boss. \u201cNow I enjoy my days. I get to wake up with the sun \u2026 and I don\u2019t have to be drunk to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n