Hello Steemit. I decided to tell you about a very personal story in my introduction. First the basics: I am a 28 year old girl from baltimore. And i was addicated to heroin for 5 years. I want to tell you the story of my addiction in pictures that my friend and photographer Sara has taken during that time. She contacted me when I was 20 years old if she can follow my addiction. I'am clean now for 2,5 years. This is my story: I was 17 or 18 years old when I first tried heroin. My room mate was the one who introduced me to it. http://i.imgur.com/32ATIPK.jpg I started to strip in the local bars in order to afford my addiction. http://i.imgur.com/VZT5OpW.jpg I usually got high before the show. I just couldn't go up on stage if i wasn't... http://i.imgur.com/NP6Py18.jpg At this moment I didnt manage to hit my vein. Those most have been one of the most gruesome moments in my life. http://i.imgur.com/590f8H4.jpg I lost my job eventually. This was taken moments after i took a shot in a hotel room. http://i.imgur.com/tyBDRKA.jpg I got inprisoned at age 22. Robbery. I got 18 month, my friend Twon who was with me 12 years. Part of the sentence was a detoxification program. http://i.imgur.com/XxJYcqQ.jpg I managed to stay clean for over a year. http://i.imgur.com/BK63EKV.jpg I got on it again only a few weeks after that picture was taken. One full year without heroin was such a big thing to me. From there I tried several times to get clean again. The following is me waiting for my meeting. http://i.imgur.com/Jzv1lwW.jpg When I met one of the guards from prison. He really liked me back then. The picture was taken when i just finished my stay at the drug court in maryland that helps people to resocialise after successfuly fighting an addiction. http://i.imgur.com/hYss1Y8.jpg I met my boyfriend Kyle during the program. We are still together today and are planning our future now. http://i.imgur.com/KCgDcpX.jpg And this... this is me today. http://i.imgur.com/2UcPKZs.jpg I'am happy to share my story with people. Maybe it helps someone to see that I'am a normal girl even though I went through this bad period in my life. I hope that everyone here who suffers from an addiction will find strength to overcome it. Feel free to ask me questions in the comments, if they are not too personal I will try to answer them.