There are a lot of legends in the industry who manage to do just fine in living a lof profile life, off of the studio set or when they aren’t out promoting a film. Many legends like Meryl Streep and Daniel Day-Lewis have avoided self destruction, why not Amy? I am really, really intolerant of the self destructive because they always hurt more than just themselves through their actions.
Thats basically it. There are some personalities that love the attention and there are some that cant take it which leaves them so unhappy that they turn to drugs to forget about it.
In any case you are very naive if you think that meryl streep or daniel day lewis have not done drugs, hard ones at that. I know loads of high flying business types that you wouldnt think would be snorting lines of cocaine but do so, its just some people can handle the addiction and dont let it get out of control, while some others cant handle it.
Also, the type of attention amy winehouse got from her loser fans who cry when they would see her as if she was the messiah was not comparable to meryl streep. Look at lady gaga, the only difference is that lady gaga does these over the top things because she craves the attention of the peasants.
Amy winehouse was in a relationship with her bodyguard, which psychologically makes sense; she needed to be with someone she felt could protect her from the madness around her.
I never understood why people couldnt buy and appreciate music without going apeshit over the artists lives. I love the mavs but i dont give a rats ass about what dirk nowitzki is doing at the moment or who is his wife or whatever personal problems he may or may not have.