'God had other plans for me': Albuquerque opens up new trauma recovery center location

For the past six years, Elijah Chavez had been on the streets feeding his fentanyl addiction.

"I numbed myself," Chavez told guests at Sunday's Albuquerque Community's Safety's Trauma Recovery Center building opening. "I lost everything. My home, my stability, my relationships. I became a shadow of who I was once. ... I remember wandering the streets begging God to help me to take the wheel because I couldn't do it myself. Not long after, I found myself in the wrong place at the wrong time."

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