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 don'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 traveling in East Timor . Addison has said 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 Jose Ramos-Horta housed her in guest quarters within his home .