This weekend, Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London home. After posting an article that comedian Russell Brand wrote about her to my Facebook, lively discussion ensued. Was her death "her fault"? Was her addiction something that she didn't kick, so it's her own fault that she's dead? Should we be sorry?
Personally, I find her story to be scarily close to my own. She is a woman whose demons were always at the forefront, and she chose drugs and alcohol to fight them. I chose cutting and SI, then therapy and medication. We each self-medicated at one point. How is it she's gone, and I'm still here?
Imagine you were a member of her family; what would you do? Would you try to seek help for her? Would you leave her to find help on her own, since she would be the one to go into the hospital?
What would YOU do??
"I cheated myself like I knew I would. I told you I was trouble.... you know that I'm no good."
Personally, I find her story to be scarily close to my own. She is a woman whose demons were always at the forefront, and she chose drugs and alcohol to fight them. I chose cutting and SI, then therapy and medication. We each self-medicated at one point. How is it she's gone, and I'm still here?
Imagine you were a member of her family; what would you do? Would you try to seek help for her? Would you leave her to find help on her own, since she would be the one to go into the hospital?
What would YOU do??
"I cheated myself like I knew I would. I told you I was trouble.... you know that I'm no good."
