An Oregon woman arrested . on a drug charge while traveling in East Timor arrived home in . Portland on Wednesday to a swarm of national and local media . after six months of diplomatic negotiations . Stacey Addison , who said she was never in possession of . drugs , was imprisoned for two months and then released without . travel documents in December , leaving her unable to leave the . Southeast Asian country . 'It feels really good to be back home . Really strange , but . really good , ' said Addison , a 41-year-old veterinarian who was . initially detained when a man with whom she shared a cab was . arrested on drug charges last September . Scroll down for video . Family : Stacey Addison ( left ) saw her mother Bernadette Kero ( right ) again on Wednesday . Reunited : Addison ( right ) embraces her mother Bernadette Kero ( left ) at Portland International Airport . Long-term stay : After her release from prison , former East Timorese President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Ramos-Horta housed Addison in guest quarters within his home . Prison conditions were basic , but she was treated well , . Addison said at Portland International Airport . After Addison 's release from prison , former East Timorese . President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jose Ramos-Horta housed . her in guest quarters within his home . ' I did make some friends , ' Addison said of her time seeking . permission to return home to the United States . 'And it helped . having support behind me back home . ' A travel enthusiast whose planned two-year-journey had . already taken her from Antarctica through South America before . her detention , Addison said she still intends to explore more of . the world once she has recovered from her ordeal . ' I do n't anticipate anything happening like this again . I. hope not , ' she said with a laugh , as she held the hand of her . mother , Bernadette Kero . ' I 'm glad to have her back , ' Kero said as she ushered her daughter away from reporters . 'It 's a great feeling , ' Addison said in an interview with KOIN . 'It 's a relief to finally be back home . To be out of there after all this time , so I 'm really happy to be home . ' ' I 'm not going to let go of her , ' Kero told the television station . 'It 's been really hard , it 's been an emotional roller coaster having all these setbacks , getting hopes up and having them crash down , getting hopes up and having them crash down , ' Addison told KOIN . 'So , I 'm glad finally for it to be over . ' Kero enlisted U.S . Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon and . Secretary of State John Kerry to negotiate with East Timorese . diplomats for the return of Addison 's passport . Struggle : Addison was imprisoned for two months in East Timor and then released without travel documents in December , leaving her unable to leave the Southeast Asian country . Government aid : Kero enlisted U.S . Senator Jeff Merkley of Oregon andSecretary of State John Kerry to negotiate with East Timorese diplomats for the return of Addison 's passport .
Stacey Addison was arrested on a drug charge while in solitary Timor . she has stated she was never in possession of drugs . She was imprisoned for two months and then released without travel documents in December , leaving her unable to leave the country . After her release from prison , former East Timorese President ben Ramos - Horta housed her in cramped quarters within his apartment .