Parents in despair at Winehouse's 'denial'

By Cahal Milmo

Thursday, 18 June 2009

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The parents of Amy Winehouse have spoken of their desperation as their daughter struggles with drug addiction, saying she is "in denial" about her problems.

Mitch and Janis Winehouse said the singer continued to drink heavily while trying to beat her addiction in St Lucia, the Caribbean island where she has been installed by her record company. Mrs Winehouse told ITV News: "The need to rescue her is enormous. Amy is in denial all the time. She probably feels trapped, her body is trapping her."

Footage of Winehouse, 25, playing drums in her £2,000-a-night villa while seemingly drunk was broadcast last night. Mr Winehouse said she had staged a "remarkable recovery" but there had been "backward steps".

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Amy!!!

rhiannoniom wrote:

Thursday, 18 June 2009 at 09:58 am (UTC)

Amy hun, please, please sort yourself out. Not for your parents, not for your public, but for yourself. I am an addict, but have been clean for a long while now. It takes hard work and sacrifices, but its worth it to be able to see this wonderful world through clean eyes. I can appreciate it is probably harder for you than it was for me as I was able to change my lifestyle and shut myself away from the people who were involved in my life when I was using. I still shut myself away to a large extent, as I want to be safe, and living in a small place it is very easy to bump into friends from my previous life, but I am and always have enjoyed my own company and always find things to do to occupy my time. Whereas in your case its hard as you are constantly having to associate with people like that due to your career which is amazing, your talent is fantastic, and is in my opinion well worth sorting your life out, but you have to get to a place in yourself where you are able to do this, and I truly hope that this will happen soon for you. They say you need to reach rock bottom before you can get there, and again that will be hard, but if you dig deep enough you will be able to do it, lets face it, many others in your business have managed. For instance Anthony Keideis from Red Hot Chillie Peppers, read his biography, Scar Tissue, its an amazing story and was a big part of my recovery, as I thought well if he can do it so can I, and, really, so can you. You just have to want it enough. I wish I could talk to you in person, but you have people who are more qualified than myself to help you, but I just hope for your sake, and those who love and care for you's sake that you can sort out your problems!!

Rhiannon

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