UK Singer Amy Winehouse Unable to Escape Inner Demons

British singer Amy Winehouse ultimately couldn’t escape her demons. After demonstrating an addictive personality for years, and several trips to rehab, the 27-year-old singer was found dead over the weekend at 27.

It won’t be known until toxicology reports are completed what role drugs and alcohol played in her death, but circumstantial evidence suggests that her life ended after one last bender.

The tragedy highlights the complexity of addiction and how difficult it can be to beat if the underlying psychological causes go untreated.

Although, Winehouse had reportedly sworn off drugs, she transferred her addiction to alcohol. She was reportedly found several times by bodyguards passed out after binging on vodka, according to London tabloid The Daily Mail.

She never had a problem finding alcohol at the bars near her North London home, nor did she ever encounter a shortage of hangers on and enablers who partied with her.

In the end, it may prove that Winehouse died from other health problems that were exacerbated by drinking and drugs.

She had been hospitalized previously for a lung condition related to emphysema and was prone to seizures if she drank too much.

Doctors had warned her in late May that she had to stop drinking or it would kill her.

Her parents tried in vane to keep her away from bad influences, including her first husband, Blake Fielder Civil, who led her on a descent into drug addiction. But Amy was just too headstrong.

“For most of her life, I’ve been aware of needing to keep an eye on her,’ her mother Janis said. “She’s reckless, very determined and if she wants to do something she will just do it. No one can stop her once she’s made her mind up. She never thinks of the consequences.”

In the end, Winehouse couldn’t handle the emotional ups and downs of her life.

Some believe the end of her relationship with film director Reg Traviss earlier this year triggered her last downward spiral.

Winehouse reportedly spent the last week of her life in an alcoholic stupor that may have ended after she downed a number of drugs purchased at a London bar hours before she died, according to British news reports.

The drugs reportedly included cocaine, ecstasy, heroin and ketamine, an animal tranquilizer known for producing psychedelic effects.