Amy Winehouse

I remember when I first heard her music, it was on TV before she got big and I just had to get her album. Actually Matt went out and bought it for me - it was one of the first albums he bought me. I fell in love with Back To Black and sought out Frank and anything else I could get my hands on by her. I remember seeing her on a cover of a magazine in Barnes and Noble and buying it, reading the article and feeling sad for her and the relationship she was in.
Her style was something I was doing before she came into the homes of many...big hair, lots of eyeliner. When I was working someone told me "you have Amy's style" - I remember being a bit angry thinking - no she has my style...I think about it now as how people just try to group people together...

When I read that she died yesterday I was shocked, I thought it was a joke. Last month I heard she was trying to get help again and I was hoping for a new album and a tour! It really broke my heart, I do not want to listen to her music right now, it would just hurt to much.

I do not know what drug addiction is like, I have seen it but I have never experienced it. I know how scary it is to feel hopeless though. Getting help for your problems being drugs or depression is scary. Change is scary, we are creatures of habit, change is never easy. For the people dismissing her and saying horrible things - I wonder if they have ever lost someone...

I do not think someone turns to drugs and alcohol because they are happy, I think the opposite emotions are what draws people into addiction. For everyone who is saying such cruel things think about what made her turn to drugs, possibly sadness. You cannot fault someone for being depressed or feeling hopeless. For those who think treatment is so easy, I do not think they have struggled with demons...

Remember we lost a celebrity - someone we only knew through tabloids and music. A family lost a member though, parents are grieving right now....