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Addiction can hit anyone regardless of their fame or fortune. They can be an ordinary working “Joe” or they can be a famous star like Amy Winehouse. The world just hears more about it when it is someone famous which makes people wonder if the fame may be the culprit for the addiction. Amy has been battling rumors of her addiction for a long time. When a star is constantly in the spotlight it is hard for them to sometimes find themselves as a person first and then a star. If they cannot separate the two they cannot break down their addiction and overcome it. While surrendering to the thought of rehab for herself her fiancé, Blake Fielder-Civil is also in rehab. The couple just got a divorce in July 2009. Amy has been battling her addiction for a long time now. In 2007 she checked herself out of rehab. Amy had been on a party binge for three days when she sunk to the bottom and decided to get the help she needed. She had collapsed and rehab was her only way. Then the second time at rehab Amy only stayed for 2 days. After 48 hours in the rehab she checked out due to arguments she was having with Blake. Amy has admitted to an addiction with Marijuana and Cocaine. There have also been reports of Heroin use too. Amy has also been mixing these drugs with alcohol. Since Amy lives in the spotlight reporters have video and pictures of her doing drugs as well as drinking. In 2008 Amy won five awards, one for her song “Rehab” where she talks about her own experience in putting off going to rehab. When Amy was not there on location at the awards people started to wonder where she was. Amy was in rehab herself and when she accepted her awards she did it live by satellite from an English studio. If she was to perform her songs on stage it could have possibly set her back on her rehab. Starting over is something that she could not handle right now until she becomes stronger as an individual. A lot has changed since then and Amy has gone back down the same road. Amy continues to go in and out of drug rehab hoping that the next time will be it for her addiction. Amy goes into rehab long enough to break free from the addiction of the drugs but she checks out before she learns how to live her life without the drugs. This is a struggle everyday and when she goes back to her normal life she doesn’t recognize it without the drugs. She falls prey to the same lifestyle again.
