Is Amy Winehouse Really In Rehab This Time?
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According to the papers in the UK, she is:
The singer sought help at an undisclosed location following months of well documented problems battling substance abuse.
Winehouse, 24, sought help after her father, Mitch, admitted her family have looked into getting her sectioned under the Mental Health Act.
She has been at the centre of a police inquiry after being caught on video last week, apparently inhaling from a crack pipe.
“Amy decided to enter the facility today after talks with her record label, management, family and doctors,” Universal Music Group said in a statement.
“She has come to understand that she requires specialist treatment to continue her ongoing recovery from drug addiction,” the statement said.
It would also seem that the police don’t see her as a danger to herself, even after being caught smoking crack on tape:
In an interview with Vanessa Feltz on BBC London father Mitch complained the authorities don’t regard her drug-taking as a danger to herself.
But, he said, they needed her to agree to treatment. The family were helpless to intervene without her consent because the authorities don’t see her drug addiction as harmful.
Well, I can certainly understand that. There are no reports or studies that show these sorts of drugs (ecstasy, cocaine, etc) are harmful to one’s health or well-being. Absolutely nothing that shows they can cause one to act in a way they normally would, including putting oneself in danger or acting in a way that is dangerous to oneself or others or create a distorted sense of one’s reality that might cause one to hurt oneself. But then again, all she would have to do is refuse to say anything incriminating against herself, argue that she was being set up by a nameless faceless entity, or say that she was just “joking” or “pretending” to take drugs, and the UK police can’t even caution her.
I certainly hope that Amy can stay in rehab this time, and that she gets the help she needs. To see anyone throw their life away in this manner is heartbreaking and sad. She certainly does seem to have a strong family system around her who seems to be working hard to help her get better (coughLynneandJamiecough).
But I would like to say this to Amy: You can’t go into rehab thinking that you’re going to do this for your father, or because you’re worried about salvaging your career. You have to do this for yourself. Anything else, is just gravy.
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They tried to make me go to rehab, I said, No, Maybe, Yes!
Comment by D — January 24, 2008 @ 11:02 pm