I’ve come up with a new rule: never write (or probably read) a story about Amy Winehouse while trying to eat lunch. The only thing worse than that is researching a story on Winehouse, because you’re bound to be accosted with a plethora of unsightly, stomach-churning images. Now I know the girl’s got issues, and I truly do feel badly for her, in a way I don’t for a lot of celebs. But that doesn’t mean I can look at the crusts on her face and still want to eat the crust on my sandwich. Amy’s still having her skin issues – and it was reported last week that she was using her some concoction involving her own urine to try to clear her skin. Interestingly, the other thing that works really well is washing your face. Also, showering more than once a fortnight can do wonders for the entire body. Since the invention of plumbing, people have been really big fans of it. Now Amy’s decided to add a little more crazy to her plate (I’m sticking with the lunchtime metaphors here). According to The Sun, Amy believes she’s being “tormented” by demons, and is going to move house for the third time in four months.
She is said to be tormented by “demons” in her new pad in Camden, North London. Though this hasn’t stopped her from letting in some late night guests… Wino wants to quit her home just a few weeks after moving in because she feels her surroundings have contributed to her disturbed state of mind.
A pal said of her latest pad: “She feels it is full of bad vibes and demons bringing her down.” The star quit Camden for Bow, East London, late last year to escape bad memories. Amy then collected more bad memories in Bow, where The Sun’s shock video of her smoking crack cocaine was filmed in January. She then went back to Camden, but believes the demons followed her.
Her face complaint [skin infection] has made her lock herself away, writing her darkest ever material. Maybe she should stay put in her current house and kick out the demons instead of moving – by stopping pumping them into her body.
[From the Sun]
Rarely do I find myself wholeheartedly shouting, “I agree with those logical people over at The Sun!” But today is that day, because holy crap are they right. Dear Amy Winehouse, the demons aren’t following you from house to house. You’re transporting them. The little hitchhikers are latched onto you so tightly you don’t even see them anymore. I really couldn’t help but wonder how a logical person could think it’s demons that are mucking everything up – and then I remembered that we’re dealing with an addict who likely is neither sober nor logical. So I guess Amy might really think there are actual demons following her – in which case, it’s time to head back to rehab. Actually it’s time to head back to rehab no matter what – and for a good long while this time. I know they say that for rehab to really work, the addict has to hit rock bottom and really WANT to be there. The problem is that Amy Winehouse’s rock bottom is a pretty terrifying place to be.
Here’s Amy coming out of her London home to go and visit her husband in prison today. She’s been wearing the leather gloves for the past few days, causing a lot of speculation about just what she may be hiding under there. Images thanks to Splash.
See kids, this is the reason why you shouldnt do drugs!
Does no one care enough about this girl to commit her before she does herself in? Do the laws in the U.K. even allow a family to do that? She’s one big loud scream for help.
as long as she herself doesn´t hear the screaming, no “help” will ever help her.
when you are on as many drugs as her… you are bound to see a few things that are not there.
Addicts (as well as pathological liars and megalomaniac personalities) have the unique ‘gift’ of being able to justify just about anything in their mind. The addict is a unique case, in that they can justify anything and everything for a specific purpose, the ability to continue using without guilt/fear of consequences.
The scary thing about these people is that they’re truly delusional, meaning they tend to be able to actually convince themselves of things a logical mind would quickly dismiss. I bet she honestly believes that it’s demons, and not the drugs that are doing these things to her. As long as that scape-goat is present, as long as she can convince herself that it’s something beyond her control (very important), she can continue to keep using.
My big question is how the British legal/psychiatric community seems to be letting her down. Her behavior is clearly delusional, and her choices are causing physical harm to her person anyone can see – which would be grounds enough for a committal in most American states. Hell, here she would have been locked up for at least a week of observation after that ‘stumbling through the street half naked’ fiasco.
I hate to sound like this but I honestly think this woman is hideously ugly. Especially with all that dark eyeliner, she looks like Morticia Adams.
My feelings exactly Scott F, and Anni if she’s dead there’s no hope. Sometimes all that can be done is to try and keep the person in distress alive and from time to time “safe” (ie. in in patient care) until they themselves can come to the point of facing their demons. Years ago we committed a friend not too unlike Amy. If we hadn’t she’d be dead today, o.d.’d or murdered. No, she didn’t get out of hospital to a rosy new life, it was a long road, but our actions bought her some time, and that much one can do.
I wonder what the underlying cause of her addiction is. I know alot of addicts get that way because they got in too deep after casual usage but I always felt like Amy’s using is a self medication or her way of dealing with some deep seated issue. She’ll never clean up if she doesn’t address what drives her not just to use or drink but to time after time in one way or another engage in such destructive actions.
I honestly think that even if she got clean she would find some other way of hurting herself, whether it was cutting, sex, abusive relationships, dangerous hobbies, etc.
Oh, this woman really gets to me. As a fellow addict, I am totally rooting for her and as an admirer of her music and her amazing voice I am hanging onto the hope that she will be able to climb out of it, but……. It’s hard right now, because my sister is just going down the same tubes and she’s always been my best friend.
Off topic but, her dress + gloves would look great … if she got rid of that, strange, waffle-grill pendant and the tattoos.
Under the UK Mental Health Act:
Sectioning Procedure: two doctors must confirm that
(a) the patient is suffering from a mental disorder of a nature or degree that warrants detention in hospital for assessment (or assessment followed by medical treatment) or at least a limited period; and
(b) she or he ought to be detained in the interests of her/his own health or safety, or with a view to the protection of others.
Amy’s father tried to get her sectioned but couldn’t get agreement from the authorities (in this case, doctors) who felt she wasn’t a danger to herself.
Sobering and tragic.
Hey guys I would not be surprised if she has AIDS……thats what people in Africa start to look like when the disease sets in ….all skinny and your skin goes like that.
Drug needles……..etc.
Geronimo, I couldn’t agree more. Her arms are covered with cuts, she’s delusional, paranoid, obviously not eating and all the rest of it. WTF is up with these doctors?
One can only hope Mr. Winehouse keeps trying and soon succeeds.
Breederina – This is as bad as she’s ever been. If the psychosis – and that’s what it is – doesn’t stir someone into intervention and immediate professional attention, she’s a goner. No joke.