A woman has recently shown off her impressive transformation after being clean for four months following a two-year battle with heroin addiction.
Taking to Facebook on October 27, Demi-Nicole Dunlop, 27, from Fochabers, Scotland, shared the story of her struggle with addiction along with some striking before and after photos.
Dunlop became addicted to heroin about two years ago, and her dependence on the Class A drug left her with a gaunt appearance and a face covered in acne and scars.
On Facebook, Dunlop wrote: "It's took me a very long time to feel I’m worthy. I’ve done well and feel proud of how far I’ve came. But that’s only because of the incredible support of you all, I’ll forever be grateful for that [sic]."
Related - Check out this heroin addict's amazing transformation after three months in rehab:She also explained "the reasoning behind me sharing [these] graphic photos". Dunlop wants her story to be shared "far and wide" so that other addicts will have a source of inspiration for their own recovery.
She added in the post: "If you’re reading this and you're in mid-addiction and you're feeling you will never get out of that dark, scary, black, horrible daily cycle of addiction, that black hole, then you can.
"Please please believe me. I had a large scale habit and I thought there was never gonna be a light at the end of the tunnel and I found it."
The 27-year-old says she was "absolutely terrified initially of making my story public as most of you are aware, but I’m very lucky in the aspect of having such great support and positive feedback, and so will you."
Dunlop has a seven-year-old son who lives with her mom and also has a seven-month-old daughter Harlynn who was taken from her care and placed in a foster home due to her "wrongs".
"I fell pregnant mid-addiction, I got worse! I was in hospital 12 weeks and gave birth to my beautiful daughter Harlynn 5 weeks early, luckily she was born healthy & perfect," she said.
"However, weeks later she started to suffer withdrawals due to my addiction during pregnancy. It eats me up daily that I allowed and I caused this to happen to the precious beautiful, little girl ever!"
Check out Dunlop's new, healthy appearance post-drug use:Despite everything the mother-of-two has gone through, she maintains she is "lucky in the aspect of having such great support and positive feedback."
