“I am so grateful to Choice Recovery Path.”Unattributed testimonial excerpt
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Outpatient care · Albuquerque and Las Cruces
Choice serves adults who use Medicaid and provides transportation. Call now so staff can verify coverage and eligibility, understand your needs, and coordinate the outpatient path and available transportation.
A New Mexico scene reflecting the possibility of a new direction. This is not the Choice Recovery Path facility.
Ways Choice can support you
- Medicaid
- Transportation
- IOP
- Therapy
- Peer support
- Medical provider
- Recovery skills
- Aftercare
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View testimonialsFind your path into care
Choose the support that helps you begin now.
Start with the Choice intensive outpatient overview or use the recovery resource center. Then call Choice so staff can connect your needs with the current outpatient path.
A dependable weekly rhythm
Explore intensive outpatient care.
If you need more structure while staying connected to home and community, weekly group and individual work can help you understand patterns and practice recovery skills.
Focused, personal support
Connect group learning to your life.
Connect individual therapy with your history and goals, talk with someone who understands recovery through peer support, and discuss medical needs with a qualified provider.
Tools beyond an appointment
Build skills that travel with you.
Practice awareness, rebuild routines and relationships, and keep growing with early recovery skills, Life in Recovery, Journey Inward, and Recovery Masterclass.
- Begin
More structure
A dependable weekly rhythm
- Connect
Focused support
Focused, personal support
- Continue
Keep practicing
Tools beyond an appointment
Care that stays connected to life
Start outpatient care with Choice today.
You can start now through the Choice admissions team and connect with the whole-person outpatient program in Albuquerque or Las Cruces.
Outpatient care can add dependable structure while you continue living in your community. Staff learn about your needs and connect supports that may fit, including group and individual therapy, peer support, medical-provider support, medication-assisted treatment and referrals, recovery skills, aftercare, life skills, yoga, and community activities.
Call now or start the form. Choice staff can verify Medicaid coverage and eligibility and coordinate the outpatient services, timing, and transportation available for your situation.
SAMHSA's treatment-options overview provides general context about levels of care, while the Choice locations page provides the two office contacts you can use now.
You do not need every detail organized. Tell the team what is happening, and staff will explain the current outpatient path and the next available step.
01Structured care
Intensive Outpatient Program
If you need more support without stepping away from daily life, weekly group and individual work can give recovery a steadier structure.
Explore the IOP02Personal focus
Individual Therapy
A private talk can help you connect what you are learning with your history, goals, and the changes you want to make.
See individual support03Lived experience
Peer Support
Talk with someone who knows recovery firsthand and can offer empathy, clear ideas, and help finding useful resources.
See peer support04Mind and body
Medical Provider Support
Medical-provider support, medication-assisted treatment, and referrals may connect with therapy and recovery skills based on your needs.
Review medical support05Daily practice
Early Recovery Skills
Learn clear ways to spot triggers, make sense of thoughts and feelings, and choose your response in early recovery.
Explore early recovery skills06Continued growth
Recovery Masterclass
When you are ready for less structure, aftercare can help you keep building relationships, routines, and confidence in recovery.
Explore aftercare tools
Structure with room for real life
Build outpatient care around daily life.
An IOP can bring a steadier rhythm to the week through planned therapeutic and skill-building work. The Choice IOP overview explains how the supports fit together, while the admissions page lets you start now.
If substance use is making life harder for you or someone you love, more structure can make the next step manageable. Choice's IOP includes weekly group and individual therapy to help you see patterns, practice new skills, and begin building a life that is not shaped by substance use. Call or use the form to start.
This kind of support can help when the pieces work together. Group work can create a regular place for shared learning. Individual therapy can connect those lessons to your history and goals. Peer support can make next steps feel more real. Medical-provider support can bring physical and mental health questions into the talk.
- Tell staff about work, family, and scheduling needs that may affect participation.
- Share transportation barriers so staff can coordinate options that are available.
- Discuss medication and clinical needs with qualified Choice providers.
A direct first step
Begin admissions in a few direct steps.
Use the Choice admissions form or call one of the two New Mexico offices. Staff can listen, verify Medicaid coverage and eligibility, and connect your needs with outpatient services available now.
You do not need a polished account of everything that has happened. Begin with the part you know: something is not working, you want more structure, or someone you care about needs support. Staff will help identify the next available step.
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Call or start online
Call either Choice office or complete the official admissions form. Begin with what is happening and the support you need now.
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Check coverage and needs
Staff listen, learn about your needs, and verify Medicaid coverage and eligibility using the information available for your plan.
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Connect the care plan
The team explains how outpatient therapy, groups, peers, medical support, skills, and aftercare may work together for you.
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Coordinate the start
If care is available and appropriate, staff explain the next step and coordinate transportation that is available for your situation.
Begin with the need in front of you.
Choice provides outpatient care, not live-in treatment, PHP, onsite drug and alcohol detox, or emergency services. The admissions team can explain the current outpatient options and help you start an appropriate next step.
The Choice Path
Five small moments. One path forward.
Explore the intensive outpatient program in Albuquerque, NMand the recovery resource center while this five-chapter story shows how support can move from a quiet pause into daily life.
Notice
Pause long enough to name what needs to change.
A first step does not have to answer every question. A quiet, honest pause can make room for your next choice.
Support
Connect with people who can stay with you through the talk.
Outpatient care can bring skilled support, peer connection, and clear guidance into the life you are already living.
Skills
Practice what helps when real life keeps moving.
Recovery skills grow with practice. Reflection, room for hard feelings, routines, and body awareness can become part of daily choices.
Community
Belong somewhere that makes growth feel possible.
You deserve a place where you can feel seen. New activities and steady support can help you take part in life in a new way.
Direction
Move forward with a path you can keep choosing.
A real path forward is made of small choices, helpful tools, and relationships that can stay with you after a program.
Notice
Pause long enough to name what needs to change.
A first step does not have to answer every question. A quiet, honest pause can make room for your next choice.
Support
Connect with people who can stay with you through the talk.
Outpatient care can bring skilled support, peer connection, and clear guidance into the life you are already living.
Skills
Practice what helps when real life keeps moving.
Recovery skills grow with practice. Reflection, room for hard feelings, routines, and body awareness can become part of daily choices.
Community
Belong somewhere that makes growth feel possible.
You deserve a place where you can feel seen. New activities and steady support can help you take part in life in a new way.
Direction
Move forward with a path you can keep choosing.
A real path forward is made of small choices, helpful tools, and relationships that can stay with you after a program.
Skills that travel with you
Build practical recovery skills for life outside sessions.
Recovery tools become useful when they can be practiced in ordinary moments. Choice'searly recovery skills andLife in Recovery resources focus on awareness, routines, emotional flexibility, goals, and the daily choices that continue beyond an appointment.
Awareness before reaction
You can learn to recognize internal and external triggers, understand what early recovery may feel like, and notice how thoughts, feelings, and behaviors shape a difficult moment. That awareness can give you more room to choose a different response.
Daily life is part of the work
Life in Recovery broadens the focus to budgeting, balancing goals, overcoming difficulties, and cultivating self-respect. Journey Inward and yoga add mindfulness and body awareness, while community activities make room for connection, enjoyment, and new experiences.
Awareness
Early recovery skills
Spotting inner and outer triggers can make patterns easier to name and discuss. The work is clear, personal, and tied to daily choices.
Explore this toolDaily life
Life in Recovery
Rebuild the everyday parts of life that substance use may have disrupted, including routines, goals, budgeting, and self-respect.
Explore this toolMindful practice
Journey Inward
Use mindfulness, yoga, and body awareness to create more space between a difficult feeling and what you do next.
Explore this toolContinuity
Aftercare
Continue growing after IOP with support for the relationships, routines, goals, and community that make recovery part of daily life.
Explore this tool
Recovery in community
Stay connected to care in New Mexico.
Local connection can make support easier to place in daily life. The Albuquerque and Las Cruces offices give the program two physical anchors, while the peer support pathway adds lived experience, guidance, and help finding resources.
If you are trying to make recovery work in daily life, you do not have to figure out every next step alone. Choice's peer support connects you with someone who has lived through recovery and can offer empathy, practical ideas, new activities, and helpful resources. Peer support may also connect with therapy based on the care plan.
Community may mean learning how to spend time with people differently, finding activities that do not revolve around substance use, reaching for support sooner, or rebuilding comfort in shared spaces. Choice includes community activities because recovery can include rediscovering interest, participation, and enjoyment.
Choice has offices in Albuquerque and Las Cruces. Hours can change; call before visiting so staff can direct you to the location and services that may fit.
A path with continuity
Connect support, skills, and aftercare.
Support is easier to use when each part connects to a larger direction. The intensive outpatient program offers a more structured starting point, and the Recovery Masterclass aftercare path shows how continued growth can stay visible as that structure changes.
Understand
Group and individual work can help you name patterns, triggers, thoughts, feelings, and behaviors with more clarity.
Practice
You can practice early recovery skills, life skills, mindfulness, and peer guidance until new choices feel more familiar.
Participate
Community activities and new routines can help you make recovery part of a fuller life, not a separate project.
Continue
Aftercare can help you carry growth, relationships, goals, and community forward as program structure changes.
No two people move through support in the same way. The Choice team can listen to what is happening now, explain the outpatient process, and help you start with services available for your needs.
Clear answers
Clear answers about starting care
Read the Choice IOP overview or start admissions now. The team can explain current services and help coordinate the next available step.
01What support is available through Choice Recovery Path?
Choice offers an intensive outpatient program, individual therapy, peer support, medical-provider support, medication-assisted treatment and referrals, early recovery skills, specialized groups, life skills, yoga and Journey Inward, community activities, and Recovery Masterclass aftercare. Call Albuquerque or Las Cruces to begin.
02Where is Choice Recovery Path located?
Choice has outpatient offices at 11401 Menaul Blvd. NE, Albuquerque, NM 87112 and 715 East Idaho, Building #4, Units A and B, Las Cruces, NM 88001. Hours can change; call before visiting.
03What is an intensive outpatient program?
An intensive outpatient program is structured outpatient care that can include group sessions, individual therapy, and recovery-skill work while you continue living in the community. Choice provides weekly group and individual therapy. Call to begin the admissions process.
04Does Choice Recovery Path provide residential care or drug and alcohol detox?
Choice Recovery Path provides outpatient care, not live-in treatment or onsite drug and alcohol detox. Call the admissions team so staff can learn about your needs and explain the current outpatient options.
05Does Choice offer medication support?
Choice lists medical-provider support, medication-assisted treatment, and referrals among its services. A qualified provider determines whether a medication option may be appropriate. The admissions team can help you begin.
06How do I contact Choice Recovery Path?
Call Albuquerque at (505) 526-3649, call Las Cruces at 505-584-0505, email info@choicerecoverypath.com, or use the official admissions form. Staff can start with the concern that brought you here today.
You do not have to do this alone
Call now or start admissions online.
If substance use is hurting your life or someone you love, start with the admissions team and connect with whole-person outpatient care. Staff can verify Medicaid coverage and eligibility and coordinate available transportation.