- Not many eight year olds were driving

like 75 mile per hour down a racetrack.

- [Reporter] Adrian Richardson says

she was an adrenalinejunkie as a young girl.

She spent her weekendsracing cars with her parents.

- I was basically raised at the racetrack.

Me and my mom and my dad,we traveled all over.

I think that's where I gotmy, a lot of my thrill-seeking

was in that lifestyle.

- [Reporter] In high school,

her passion changed from cars to boys.

- They were pretty much like my God.

If I was single at any point,

I felt like I wasunworthy of, to even live.

Nothing was satisfying me.

It's like I was on a search for something.

- [Reporter] Eventually,she was drawn to drugs.

- It was a weekend thing,

and then it became more often.

- [Reporter] A good student,

Adrian went on to get a nursing degree.

- I was, I graduated valedictorian

of my nursing school class.

I was married.

We had a beautiful baby girl.

We had the house, you know, we had it,

from the world's view, Iwas blessed, but there was,

there was something missing,

just deep, my soul was just thirsty.

- [Reporter] After thebirth of her first child,

she began to use opioids.

- I got sent home from the hospital

with a prescription of Percocet

and postpartum depression,which did not mix.

- [Reporter] A subsequent divorce

sent her deeper into drug use.

- I was a very cruel andself-absorbed person, very.

It didn't matter what ittook to get that fixed.

That's when things really spiraled.

Opiates became my God at that point.

We were in the middleof court custody battle,

along with the divorce.

I wanted to be a mom.

I just didn't know how.

The night of my daughter'ssixth birthday party,

I left with a friend to go get high,

and of course, I lost track of time,

and I got back and everyone was leaving,

and I will never forget that night.

I remember crying inthe mirror that night,

like literally staring at astranger, like, who are you?

And how did you get here?

- [Reporter] That night wasa turning point for Adrian.

- From that night on, itwas like there was a magnet

just pulling me to God,

and around the same timeis when I heard the gospel

through a Facebook video.

You know, growing up I hadheard about what Jesus,

that Jesus died for me.

I never understood the significance of it,

and also, heard about eternity.

I heard about heaven and hell.

That he has the power toset you free from addiction,

and I was like, what?

I cried out to God that night,

a God that I didn't reallyknow anything about.

And I said, you know,I've heard you're good.

I've heard you're real.

I've heard you're good.

So basically, like, show me.

I said I'm so tired ofdrug-seeking day and night.

Make me seek what you seek.

If, I said, if there's,if you can know God,

I want you to know Him.

I woke up the nextmorning with a new heart.

- [Reporter] Adrian says God delivered her

from her addiction.

- Still to this day, Ihave not craved or desired

another drug or drink since.

I was craving righteousness,

I was craving Jesus,

and I was craving the Bible.

When I heard the gospel in its fullness,

and just the explanation ofwhy Jesus did what he did,

it gripped my heart,

but I don't think I ever gotthe concept that he's alive,

that he didn't just die,

and he is after me,

and that was like, who would want me?

- [Reporter] Adrian is a nurse again

and co-parents her daughterwith her ex-husband.

She also has a burden to sharethe gospel with millennials.

- I was like the woman at the well.

I'm gonna, I'm telling everybody.

Like I was an evangelist from that moment.

I went straight into socialmedia and told them everything.

I was like I'm a brand new person.

I had an encounter with God.

God is real, Jesus isgood, He died for you.

I mean, you couldn't shut me up.

I found out people will notask you about your faith,

but people will askyou about your tattoos.

It's because people arelike what's that mean,

it is finished.

And then I'm like let me tell you.

God has really given me aheart for the next generation.

God is after them with a passionjust like He was after me.

We're wanting to revive, equip, and send

the next generationback into their churches

and the community and the world.

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