A heroin addict who overdosed five times and attempted to end her life when she became homeless has turned her life around.
Cara Tatarelli, 30, has been clean for three years and is enjoying life again after plunging into darkness amid her addiction. During which, she was trapped in a cycle of drugs, death, violence and crime, became painfully thin, and had sores on her face.
She first started "abusing substances" at 13 years old when she was dealing with the trauma of abuse. By 17, she had injected heroin and the following decade or so was a hellish "Groundhog Day" battle.
