“Amy was incredibly strong, both physically and mentally, but alcohol addiction seemed to creep up on her and then just took her by surprise.
There was so much she still wanted to achieve. Speaking the year she died, Janis said, “Amy didn’t want to die, she didn’t have a death wish. Janis, now 66, has told how the singer, who started on her path to fame at the Susi Earnshaw Theatre School in Barnet, North London, was so ashamed of her alcohol use that she refused to drink in front of her. “She had started drinking again that week after a period of abstinence.” “The court heard that Amy was battling hard to conquer her problems with alcohol and it is a source of great pain to us that she could not win in time. “We understand there was alcohol in her system when she passed away – it is likely a build-up of alcohol in her system over a number of days. RELATED: Amy Winehouse thought she was pregnant, father reveals
