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Dr. Drew has revealed that Amy Winehouse reached out to him for help during her final days. During a segment on LA radio station KROQ this week, Dr. Drew said Winehouse was seeking possible treatment for addition.
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“I found out also yesterday that believe it or not she was trying to contact me which was weird,” Dr. Drew said. “Janice Dickenson told me that. I remember getting calls from Europe and thinking ‘what the hell is this?’”
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Dr. Drew also offered his own theory on the reports that Winehouse died from alcohol withdrawal, which is what the singer’s parents have proposed. “Her parents put out some type or news release that she suggests that what they believe she died of was alcohol withdrawal, which is a very interesting little theory,” Dr. Drew said. “It’s wrong, it’s not what she died of, I can virtually guarantee you but it’s an interesting reminder to all of us that alcohol is the only drug from which the withdrawal is commonly fatal. It can kill you… but it kills you, it sort of… you go down in a ball of fire. You get really really sick and you cease and you become encephalopathic and confused and your heart becomes erratic and it’s not like you just drop dead like her parents are suggesting.”
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According to U.K. paper The Sun, a source close to Winehouse’s family reported that the singer quit drinking a month ago and was sober at her time of death. The source said, “Abstinence gave her body such a fright they thought it was eventually the cause of her death.”
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Our thoughts? We hope everyone will be respectful in this time of mourning and use this an opportunity to look at the relationship between addiction and the media, and hopefully encourage other addicts to seek help. Maybe this isn’t the time for non-doctors to come up with uninformed medical theories about a tragic death.
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Listen to Dr. Drew’s segment here.