Jakarta, ID
Tuesday, May 22 2012, 03:59 AM

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Audio slide show: Naomi, ex-heroin user

By Moch N. Kurniawan and Inga Ting

Naomi, 34, was a putaw (low-grade heroin) addict from 1995 to 2006. For almost 12 years, substance abuse took over her life, driving her to lie and steal from her friends and family, and neglect her two young children. She shares her regrets, her dreams and her greatest achievement: winning the battle to quit drugs.

Read more about drug addiction in the paper edition (p.23):

1. Female drug users suffer double discrimination

2 The feminization of the HIV epidemic