HOPE, Indiana -- An Indiana mother said a picture taken during her darkest hour has helped her turn her life around.
A police photo from October 2016 showed Erika Hurt passed out in her car with a heroin syringe still in her hand and her 10-month-old son in the backseat.
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Hurt later said she was embarrassed by that photo but that it was a "big eye opener" that turned her life around.
This week, she is celebrating a year of sobriety.
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She missed her son's first Thanksgiving, Christmas, and birthday while in jail but said she's not going to miss any more of her son's life.
She said her son -- and the photo -- have given her "the true desire" to stay sober.