Sober for years, recovery coach persists, helps addicts through pandemic Posted Apr 22, 2021 Facebook Share Stacey Ross looked gaunt and sickly, bearing visible signs of years of abusing opioids, heroin and cocaine. Now, they are a striking portrait of what addiction does to the body, especially alongside current pictures of Ross. In recent photos, Ross appears as if she’s getting younger. At the age of 50, she looks happier and healthier than she did in her early 40s. Stacey Ross, before her recovery from drug addiction.(Courtesy photos) The Hamilton resident posted the before and after photos on her Facebook page April 13 – her six year anniversary of recovery. The response was overwhelmingly positive, and wonderful, she said.