RIP Amy

[rockfotze]

What a sad day. A talented musician plagued with a deep sadness that prevented her from successfully fighting her battle with drugs and alcohol passed away at the tender age of 27. As Tammy said, “She sang the blues so well because she knew it so well”.

It saddens me that so many people think “Oh well, she was a drug addict, it’s no surprise really and I don’t feel bad for her”. In my opinion, people don’t choose to be come drug addicts, there is something inside them that makes them feel the need to kill themselves slowly with harmful substances. I’m sure she didn’t wake up one day and say “I am going to start doing drugs for a bit of a laugh so that it makes me extremely sick and ruins my career”. She was a tormented soul who couldn’t deal with the fame and the horrific paparazzi who hounded her ceaselessly. Her outlet was drinking and taking drugs and it eventually killed her.

She was so extremely talented and until the addictions ravaged her, she was a gorgeous young woman who had a bright future ahead of her. If only singing about her woes had been enough to get her through the dark times. I try not to look at the photos of her where she is emaciated and a shadow of her former self, because that was not who she was. Instead I look at her in happier times and listen to her music and think about what could have been had she had the strength to pull through.

Comments

[honeymink]

What you said about deep sadness might as well have been major depression disorder and the drugs were a way to self-medicate. Therefore, yes ... it's really sad. Also, I'm feeling so sorry for her parents. They raised an extremely talented daughter and couldn't keep her safe. It must be devastating for them.

[dienacht.livejournal.com]

Absolutely. I can't even imagine how they must feel, because they must have worried constantly about the phone call saying she had died. I sincerely hope they did everything they could to try and help her, unlike many celebrity parents (ie. Lindsay Lohan).

From what I've read she was extremely depressed, self harmed and had eating disorders. But 90% of the people she would have encountered probably made no effort to help her, they just wanted to make money off of her. Such a shame :(