Amy Winehouse dead at 27

[73109]

Before telling such sick and abusive jokes about Amy Winehouse, think about her poor close friends, imagine how they will feel on Tuesday when they wake up and find out.

[Gadough]

........

I lol'd, then felt bad about it.

[Nick]

Just a for the record thing, but I will never ever feel sorry for people who say that people just couldn't handle the fame, or you don't know the pressures of being famous or things like that. Worst case scenario these people could give it all up and just be nobody slobs like the rest of us the rest of their lives. If Angelina Jolie decided tomorrow to silently stop doing movies and anything else and just live out her life we'd forget about her in a year, and the next time we'd hear about her is when she died peacefully of old age.

I'm sad that someone is dead, but lifestyles are a choice, and she certainly didn't choose wisely.

[dethklok09]

Before telling such sick and abusive jokes about Amy Winehouse, think about her poor close friends, imagine how they will feel on Tuesday when they wake up and find out.

[CrimsonSunrise]

Just a for the record thing, but I will never ever feel sorry for people who say that people just couldn't handle the fame, or you don't know the pressures of being famous or things like that. Worst case scenario these people could give it all up and just be nobody slobs like the rest of us the rest of their lives. If Angelina Jolie decided tomorrow to silently stop doing movies and anything else and just live out her life we'd forget about her in a year, and the next time we'd hear about her is when she died peacefully of old age.

I'm sad that someone is dead, but lifestyles are a choice, and she certainly didn't choose wisely.

I agree with the Fame part, it is a choice.  The addiction issues are another thing though.  Yes, we make the decision as individuals to tempt the devil, but once in, it's very difficult to get out.  Combine that with the fame and what do you get??  Hendrix...Joplin...Morrison...Bonham...Moon... the list is endless.  Like I mentioned earlier, I don't as much sympathize, but I do empathize with the addiction part.

[Adami]

Difficult choices are still choices. It doesn't have to be as easy as snapping a finger to be considered a choice.

[CrimsonSunrise]

Difficult choices are still choices. It doesn't have to be as easy as snapping a finger to be considered a choice.

You're correct.... but fighting addiction is extremely difficult.  I know from personal experience, and watching friends and family for the last 30 years.   I've watched too many friends die and do time over dope, good people who couldn't break the chains.  I made a choice too get clean 26 years ago, and had too spend 18 months inpatient too do it, pretty much locked up.  I guess what Im trying to say is...it can't be quantified simply, at least from my perspective,  as..."Yeah...it's a choice." (even though it is), it's a difficult, complete life altering decision that not all can make.

If I would have had the fame and money part?  I'd probably be dead too.

[Adami]

I come from a family of addicts, my mother was a heroin addict, I know plenty about addictions.

[SPNKr]

hey i just umm got both

of her albums.
spinning her first.


Dtf mad now?

[PetFish]

Just a for the record thing, but I will never ever feel sorry for people who say that people just couldn't handle the fame, or you don't know the pressures of being famous or things like that. Worst case scenario these people could give it all up and just be nobody slobs like the rest of us the rest of their lives. If Angelina Jolie decided tomorrow to silently stop doing movies and anything else and just live out her life we'd forget about her in a year, and the next time we'd hear about her is when she died peacefully of old age.

I'm sad that someone is dead, but lifestyles are a choice, and she certainly didn't choose wisely.

I've read here that "nobody chooses to be an addict".  While that's true, people DO choose to take that chance by trying drugs in the first place even with all we know these days about addiction and the consequences.  It's easy to just blame the drugs or whatever than it is to say "I'm responsible for my choice to do it in the first place and now I have to sleep in the bed I made."  Even the stupidest addiction ever, cigarettes, with ALL we know about how bad they are for you and people around you people STILL take it up.  It just doesn't make any sense.