[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by Dezzy

People who think addiction is all about choice and that it's her own fault come across as the ignorant morons they are. I hate drugs and I hate people who take them but I understand that addiction is an illness and one that's hard to beat, you won't get over it as quickly as Phil Mitchell did in Eastenders...

Amy Winehouse was a troubled soul, she obviously couldn't have shook the need for drugs off if she wanted to.

Some of us who say addiction is all about choice....'come across as the ignorant morons they are' (I thought insulting members was against the rules??).

May I'd respectfully suggest that the generalised insult you've just banded about, be tapered ... there are quite a few on this forum who have had loved ones destroyed by the very same thing and do indeed have much very personal experience upon which to put forward such views. Having such a view does not make any of us 'the ignorant morans they are'

For you to equate it - in any respect - to a character in a soap - does nothing but make a farce out of the serious nature of some drug taking. Legal or not.

Out of interest: what speciality do you have to say that 'she obviously couldn't have shook the need for drugs off if she wanted to'? Are you party to some information on AW on a personal level that allows you to make such affirmation on her psyche?