In an emotional 2012 interview with Oprah Winfrey, Grammy-winning recording artist Fergie opened about her struggle with drug addiction and how turning to her Christian faith ultimately saved her life. “My brain had been playing a lot of tricks on me… I started getting really paranoid,” she told Winfrey in an episode of Oprah’s Next Chapter. “So I went one day into this church and I thought that the FBI and the SWAT teams were outside the church.” In that moment, she had a

conversation with God that led her to get the help she needed for her addiction.“So I had a conversation with God and I said, ‘Alright, if I go out there and the FBI and the SWAT team’s not out there, then it’s the drugs and I’m stopping.’ I went outside of the church and there was no SWAT team, there was no FBI, just me and God,” she explained. “And I kept my promise. That day. That was it.”  READ MORE


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