A recent article says a record executive ‘tricked’ Amy Winehouse into drug rehab. I would hardly call what he did trickery. He had a marketing person in the company spend two days gathering all the news stories written about Amy and then laid everything out in his office, called Amy in and showed them to her, then told her to tell him she doesn’t have a drug problem. Obviously, it was exactly what she needed because she’s finally in drug rehab and getting the help she needs.

Did he do the right thing? Of course. I have no idea why anyone would see that as tricking her. She’s already proven that she was incapable of making the right decision since her judgement is so clouded by drugs and alcohol - but being confronted with articles from all over the world, and they often contain pictures, there’s no way that she could do anything other than see that she has a problem.

And that’s what she did. I hope she makes it, and I hope that when she gets out of drug rehab she doesn’t go back into the same life she left behind her.

What her record producer did was care enough to make sure she got help. He created enough of an impact to pull it off. If someone you know needs help with drug addiction, remember that you can’t just wait for them to do the right thing - you need to help them get into drug rehab so they can get out of danger and turn their life around.

If you need help doing that, you can call Drug Rehab Referral about intervention. It’s not always easy for a family member to convince the person to do something about their drug problem - an interventionist is a pro, has usually been there himself, and can help.

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