They tried to make me go to Rehab

[Zigzagman]

but I said, "NO, NO, NO"!

Sadly Amy Winehouse joins a growing list of huge and talented music stars that died at age 27. Jim Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain and now Amy.

From what I've been reading today it looks like an overdose of Ecstasy and Alcohol - it is easy, especially for the young, rich, and famous to get caught up in the substance-abuse roller coaster and it makes one wonder what these artists may have contributed to the music world if their lives were not cut short by their weaknesses.

I thought she was an exceptional talent whose flame didn't last nearly as long as it should have and Back to Black was a wonderful album.

Killing a 27 year old body is not easy, it takes effort. Life should be a marathon and not a sprint - RIP

Peace

[leslieann]

so sorry to hear about her death. So sorry that her circumstances were so difficult. I have to figure that people don't WANT to be miserable, and apparently her use of substances went beyond "recreational."

[ApatheticNoMore]

It is the end result of not going to rehab when you have a serious addiction problem. Of course rehab often takes several tries, but a person who has that type of addiction problem should be in rehab.

[IshbelRobertson]

The thing is: Amy DID go to rehab - and not just once.
A case of not wanting to change your lifestyle.

So sad, a very talented woman, who has died too soon.

[kally]

she was so talented, a unique voice and an amazing style. So sad.

[jania]

When I heard about this on the news I just felt a sense of heavy sadness, not just for Amy but for all those people who seem to have an emptiness within themselves that can't seem to be filled with something positive.

[razz]

When I heard about this on the news I just felt a sense of heavy sadness, not just for Amy but for all those people who seem to have an emptiness within themselves that can't seem to be filled with something positive.

I feel a deep compassion for those who get ensnared in any addictive substance. It is like a thick mesh that is wrapped tightly around one and unless there is a recognition of the strength of the snare and a genuine lifetime effort to undo all the snarls, it seems very difficult to get out. It seems easier to give in and continue to abuse oneself.

Any addictive substance succeeds because the potential victim believes that s/he can handle it without harm. No can do!

[pony mom]

Interesting that so many killed themselves at 27. When I was 27, I went thru a very very deep depression that lasted about 8 months. A former coworker also did the same at 27. We're both Cancers, if that makes a difference.

[ApatheticNoMore]

Yea I went through a deep depression around 28 or so. I changed my diet (gave up trying to be a vegetarian and started to eat more), my thoughts (they were pretty dark and morbid), and eventually changed to a new therapist :) Why change it all? I already wanted to get hit by a bus and had nothing left to lose! Although even I didn't have the guts then to change my career! Eventually I recovered.

[iris lily]

Am I just uncool because I don't like Amy Winehouse's music?

[Zigzagman]

Am I just uncool because I don't like Amy Winehouse's music?

No, everyone likes different music.

Some people compare here to Adele but I think her music was a throwback to the Sarah Vaughn, Billie Holiday, and Ella Fitzgerald days (50's jazz) with and mix of 60's soul and most importantly real life thoughts.

Have you ever listened to her music on radio without any visual influence (she was a train wreck physically)? This British Jewish Princess had "SOUL".

Peace

[IshbelRobertson]

I really like to listen to her. Watching her? Nope, too difficult- either drugged up or drunk, picking at her clothes, signs of self-harm on her arms and then those tatts....

Such a sad way for a talented life to end. But then, the same could be said about Jimmy Hendrix, Janis Joplin and others.

[Bronxboy]

I really like to listen to her. Watching her? Nope, too difficult- either drugged up or drunk, picking at her clothes, signs of self-harm on her arms and then those tatts.....
I enjoy her music, and agree that she was tough to watch in the last couple of years.

As for age 27, it is probably the point at which addiction catches up to somebody with unlimited money and no need to be at work at 8 AM every day. A decade sounds about right.

[IshbelRobertson]

They keep referring to her as the newest member of the 27 club. I had to ask a younger friend what that meant. She explained that a lot of the famous, addicted musicians like Hendrix, Brian Jones of the Stones and others had all died at 27. So I think Bronxboy is right, 10 years of serious abuse is probably, in many cases, the lifetime of the addiction(s).