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Congressional candidate Chris Taylor announced Monday he would be suspending his campaign after suffering a reported heroin overdose last week.

Taylor had been running for the Republican nomination as he sought to unseat Rep. Tom O’Halleran in the U.S. House of Representatives.

In a post to Facebook on Monday, Taylor announced he would be seeking treatment for substance abuse disorder and thanked supporters for the wishes of love he had received.

“The only thing I can do is face this head on in complete humility and put one foot in front of the other so that I can get the help needed to be the father and husband that my family deserves,” Taylor wrote on Facebook. “I know that through the grace of my loving savior Jesus Christ I will be restored to full health and bounce back from this and be stronger than ever.”

Last week, Taylor was found unresponsive by a family member in his home in Safford, according to the Gila Herald. Taylor was revived after paramedics arrived and administered Narcan, which blocks the effects of opioids.

Taylor has previously suffered addiction to opioids and had spoken about his experience with the issue on the campaign trail.