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Dejah Hall\u2019s post about before and after drug addiction has gone viral. (Photo: Dejah Hall\/Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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One mom\u2019s shocking before-and-after photos \u2014 showing how her \u201cdisgusting\u201d life had been ravaged by meth, cocaine, and heroin addiction \u2014 are going viral for their combo of shock and hope this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cI was a monster,\u201d Dejah Hall, 26, of Glendale, Ariz., <\/span>told ABC 15 <\/span>on Monday (video below). \u201cI was a monster in every sense of the word.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hall, now an avowed Jesus devotee and mom to an 18-month-old girl, <\/span>posted a series of photos to Facebook <\/span>on Dec. 6 to mark four years of sobriety. While the before shots have her looking vacant and worn, the current-day photo shows a well coiffed Hall looking vibrant and glowing from within.<\/p>\n

\u201cToday marks 4 years clean from heroin and meth,\u201d her post to the public Facebook group <\/span>Sobriety Birthdays reads. \u201cThe top left is me in full blown addiction, I was a terrible IV user and like most, progressively got worse. The bottom left is me the day I was arrested 12-6-12 and coincidentally the day I finally surrendered to God! With the help of God I am completing my BA and hope to one day be a prison minister\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

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Dejah Hall\u2019s pre-television-interview selfie. (Photo: Facebook\/Dejah Hall)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Hall\u2019s original post has been shared more than 34,000 times and gotten more than 78,000 reactions, plus hundreds of supportive comments telling her \u201cYou are a walking miracle,\u201d and \u201cSobriety looks gorgeous on you!!!\u201d She reposted the photos on Dec. 16 to express her gratitude over the response, which racked up more than 600 responses and more comments calling her an \u201cinspiration\u201d with a \u201cpowerful testimony.\u201d<\/p>\n

The young mom, who is working as a bartender while majoring in Christian Studies at Grand Canyon University, <\/span>told the <\/span>Daily Mail<\/em><\/a> <\/span>this week that her descent into drug addiction began when she was just 17 and took a prescription pill while partying. \u201cIt just went downhill from there,\u201d she said. \u201cI was taking up to six prescription pills at a time every single day before I reached a point at 20 years old where I wanted to get off them.\u201d<\/p>\n

She went from trying methadone treatment to stopping cold turkey, until a friend introduced her to smoking heroin as a way to stop her withdrawal symptoms. \u201cBy the second hit I fell in love with high. It was numbing,\u201d she said. \u201cI couldn\u2019t stop. All I wanted to do was numb myself. I wanted it so desperately that nothing else mattered. Every single minute of the day I just wanted to get high\u2026 By the time I started injecting heroin I didn\u2019t care whether I lived or died.\u201d Hall said she was injecting both meth and heroin for several months in 2012. \u201cI was killing myself,\u201d she said, \u201cbut I still felt like I looked beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n

Her grandfather was the only person who could get through to her, as he spoke honestly when she visited for his birthday.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy grandfather was sitting in his wheelchair and he looked at me he said, \u2018You\u2019re hurting me, Dejah,\u2019\u201d Hall told ABC 15. \u201cI went to the bathroom and I looked at myself and I really looked at who I had become \u2014 this disgusting person who needed to continue to stick these drugs in their veins because I couldn\u2019t function.\u201d She promised her grandfather she would get clean \u2014 and hours later was arrested on felony warrants, sending her to prison and pushing her to keep her promise.<\/p>\n

Although she could have gotten drugs while incarcerated, Hall said she made the choice to stay sober and embrace a religious life. But her grandfather died two weeks after she got locked up.<\/p>\n

\u201cMore than anything, I wish I could tell him that I made it,\u201d she said. \u201cThat I\u2019m doing it.\u201d Her message has been received, at least, by thousands around the world.<\/p>\n

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