Was her lifestyle choice and unlike alot of addicts she did have the resources and help to beat it but chose not too The innocent people in Norway dying unnecessarily is a tragedy. They didn't have the choice. Sad for her family though
Yep, another spoilt brat gone. She had problems deciding on how to spend her millions, whilst millions die of starvation, innocents die of murder and innocents die of accidents. No sympathy here.
I kinda pity her & feel sorry her family, it must be tragic loosing a son or daughter no matter what mischief they've been up to, drugs are an easy trap to fall into especially in her line of work. I've lost a couple of friends through drugs and it's not nice seeing them spiral out of control.
I've been sitting here trying to write down my views on this thread and everything I've put down so far, I've scrubbed out and started again. I tried to agree with Flatstick, how could someone with access to the kind of resources she had, not take advantage of them to make herself well. I waxed lyrical about how spineless her entourage, and there must have been one, must have been, to not intervene over the last years when it became obvious how much damage she was doing to herself. I almost spat that her family and friends, her real friends, couldn't force, legally and medically some kind of change in her chosen lifestyle, because I'd be damn sure those closest to me would should the roles be reversed. And I even tried to brush it off as another arrogant, overindulged sensation junkie paying the ultimate price for not have the common sense to live. Then I erased it all, because she was an addict, and that's the simple truth. No amount of love, caring, concern, vigilence, control, coercion, bullying, therapy, ranting or raving can guarantee a positive resolution for an addict. It seems to be the worst kind of bloody lottery. Made worse because it is so difficult to sympathise with. Amy Winehouse died because she got into a loop and couldn't convince herself sufficiently that it was a downward one, and that fact is as true for millionaires as it is for beggars on the streets. So that's my current take on it. I'm not even going to read it back for spelling mistakes in case I change my mind again and rub it all out, so I'm sorry if it doesn't make sense. I had an agreement with Amy Winehouse, the same one I had with Jimi Hendrix, Janice Joplin, Kurt Cobaine, Freddy Mercury and too many others to mention. I only actually knew them from reading of their excesses in the media, which recent history should cause us to seriously question at the very least, so I am in no way qualified or entitled to question or judge them or their actions at all. But they all made good on that deal as far as I was concerned. Thank you for the music. Which I shall and do miss.
Great post. I see life a bit more black and White personally. Have no sympathy for her or her bag head husband and their ilk. They know the risks as well as anyone else It's the families that are the real victims. Couldn't imagine Watching someone do that to themselves.
Yeah I know where you're coming from, mate. My gut reaction was the same when I saw the news, especially, as you so rightly compared it with what happened to those poor bastards in Norway, dying just because some nut job believed it would make people pay attention to his stupid philosophy. I think what I'm trying to say as I'm getting older and more aware of my own mortality I'm starting to distinguish between the grey areas a bit more. Take care Ken
