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Help at last? Amy Winehouse on the verge of checking into rehab

After she was pictured with a nose full of white powder following another incoherent gig, I am relieved to hear that singer Amy Winehouse is on the brink of coming to her senses – and checking herself in for a serious dose of rehab.

The 24-year-old – who famously sang the lyrics "They tried to make me go to rehab, but I said no, no, no," – has so far shunned proper professional help for her drink and drug abuse, quitting within hours on the few occasions she has enrolled on treatment programmes.

But friends say she is now planning to check into The Priory in the New Year and make a determined effort to end her problems.

"Amy has always been against rehab, it's been her one rule but her family and friends are working on getting her to do it," says a friend.

"Amy finishes her current tour in the middle of December. She has promised to consider going to The Priory if she doesn't get clean over Christmas. She is miserable and, with her husband in jail, she has reached an all-time downer.

"The fact is Amy's shambolic appearances have been losing her fans, and ultimately it's losing her business.

There have been some serious talks between Amy and her management, who are trying to convince her that in order to continue her success she needs to sort out her private life.

"Her parents are also trying to persuade her to get some professional help to try to kick her drug habit."

I'm told Amy's father Mitch, who recently introduced her to Yogabeats, a yoga-based therapy that can apparently cure crack cocaine habits, is desperate for her to check into a clinic.

Last week, Amy's mother Janice revealed she was pleased that her daughter's husband Blake Fielder-Civil, 25, was behind bars because it would give Amy a chance to get off drugs.

He was remanded in custody again on Friday, accused of assaulting a landlord and attempting to pervert the course of justice.

A spokesman for Amy insisted she was planning to start the New Year by working, adding: "She is going back into the studio to record another album."

Let's hope, for Amy's sake, that she finds time to sort herself out first.

Source: Daily Mail