CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The Tri-State's heroin epidemic hit new heights.

More than 90 overdoses happened since Tuesday, August 23, in the city of Cincinnati alone. Numbers like that could cause a person to think hope was lost.

Chances are, if people have been on social media they’ve seen the hashtags. They've been posted by hundreds of people in our area to demonstrate that recovery from addiction was possible.

Local 12 News spoke with some of those people who were living proof of that. Five incredibly strong women shared their stories about addiction and recovery. They also offered help to those who need it. They shared with Local 12 their clean dates, all with smiles on their faces.

Posts all over Facebook show how those who are struggling that there is hope and there is help if an addict wants it.