I came across another article today about singer Amy Winehouse. In her now famous song, Rehab, Amy says that her dad thinks she’s fine so she’s not going to rehab. I don’t that her father ever told her he thinks it’s fine for her to be a drug addict but, if he did, he’s now decided otherwise. He said he’s made arrangements for her to go to drug rehab as soon as she’s ready.

Waiting until a drug addict is ready to go to rehab before something gets done about it is a real mistake. Amy, for example, almost died from a three-day drug and alcohol binge a few months ago. She was taken to the hospital, and she lived. But not everyone is that  lucky. Many people don’t survive an overdose.

Amy’s been in and out of rehab a couple of times since then and it’s pretty obvious she’s back on drugs. Not surprising, considering that she didn’t stay in rehab anywhere near long enough to get any kind of a handle on her problem.

Her dad blames her drug addiction on her husband. That also wouldn’t be surprising – she apparently left drug rehab initially because her husband, who was not in rehab, threatened to kill himself if she left him alone. So, she left drug rehab. Believe me, if you want to get an addict off drugs, you have to get them away from that kind of influence.

The amazing thing about the article is the last sentence: “What do you guys think – Loving father OR should he butt out?” I would hope that if I’m ever again in that kind of trouble, someone will care enough about me to do something about it. I don’t see that ‘butting out’ is going to do anyone any good. 

If Amy’s dad doesn’t do something about it soon, or get help from someone who does know what to do about it – like a professional drug rehab program counselor – he’s risking the chance of yet another overdose. And this time, she might not make it. Don’t let that happen to someone you care about.

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