A year ago our favorite jazz/blues contralto, now 24, went into the deep end.
Heroin addiction presented with severe weight loss, disconnect, and the "blood itch" symptom that goes with withdrawal.
Here's how to beat heroin.
"Back to Black" went platinum.
Amy got 6 Grammy nominations.
And not one sane person on this planet would have exchanged places with her.
Now there's hope. More hope than fear.
Amy-Jade is very thin.
Difference is, she's hungry most of the time.
Her weight is up 10 pounds or so.
Her past could be her future. Here's Amy from 2003 in a Mae West sandwich:
Mae West is a lot like Amy.
Queens of the "You Know That I'm No Good" universe.
Mae made it to 87. A drinker, early on.
Buprenorphine is the miracle drug. Opiod blocker.
Doesn't work for everybody. But, gee, look at Amy's eyes.
She's alive and kickin' in there.
New album going, working again with Mark Ronson.
There is little to no reason for us to jail tens of thousands of pople over heroin addiction. Buprenophrine simply eliminates heroin addiction.
Medical protocol trumps the brute force criminal law approach. Here is living proof. But back to the personal story....
Amy Winehouse has also faced substantial risks from criminals.
Her husband, Blake Fielder-Cecil, is a tall lag. Could be a vicitm of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. He got in a fight, allegedly kicked a guy in the head, then allegedly tried to bribe the guy to throw the case.
This Blake is in prison. He's heavy odds to stay there. He also failed a test for drugs, putting suspicion on Amy that she was muling heroin. He is out of the picture.
Good for Amy. Very bad for Blake. He did save her life, August 2007.
The most dangerous of the criminals is a "Johnny Headlock" Jeannevol. He is a target in a Brit homocide investigation, related to the death of Mark Blanco. No reason to pursue that threat at dkos.
Amy now has professional security. Big, tall, suit-and-tie. Military look. Close-by any hour of the day or night.
There's be no more August 8th, 2007, dopings. No kidnapping. Nothing is going to happen to Amy without going through security to get there.
World music lost enough with losing Lennon. That won't be repeated. There's a small, outside chance that Amy could grow and be another Mozart, so we don't want to lose that, either.