Quarter-Finalist

Heather Hamilton

My ink represents my story through addiction and then through my recovery and a little over 2 1/2 years sober now.

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What inspired your most recent tattoo?

It is a Grim Reaper and it has ‘till death do I part’ around it. It’s talking about my sobriety. I’ve worked so hard to stay sober to be able to help people, that means I’m taking my sobriety to my grave with me. Being able to look down at my arm and see that reminds me every day about overcoming a 23 year addiction. I can look down and see all the experience strength and hope that I’ve put into my life to become who I am now. Life is precious, our time is pre

If your ink could speak, what would it say?

It would say this woman has been through a long journey, battling her demons making it up mountains that got put in front of her. That no matter what you’re going through there is always light at the end of the tunnel. My tattoos till my story that I’m proud of my struggles, my ups and my downs to my recent new and changed itself. I worked really hard to change myself. I currently have 2 1/2 years sober, and these tattoos have followed me this whole time they would say that recovery

What would you do with the $25,000?

With $25,000 I would use it to help get myself a home for me and my children or possibly try to open up my own sober living house. I’ve been through a long struggle to get to where I’m at now and $25,000 will help give me that boost that I need to get to where I feel stable with myself. It would be a blessing, a blessing that I’ve never received before. I’ve never received anything that Amazing. I would also continue to be the person that I am today by helping other peopl

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