Amy Winehouse is an inspiration and a lesson to me. I keep flooding my tumblr with photos and listening to her voice because she truly was a great artist in the sense that she was honest with herself. Her lyrics show a great sense of both vulnerability and strength. This is something so admirable to me, as I have been conditioned to be ashamed of my own thoughts.
The lesson to be learned is that addiction is a disease. It can knock down the lives of those around the addict. Mine has been affected by alcoholism in more ways than I can count. I struggle every day to forgive and every now and then I still slip up and make it personal again, even though I don’t want to. Amy is a reminder that someone with such a burden on her shoulders and tendencies of lashing out can still have some sort of good impact on this world. Amy is helping me learn to forgive.
If you need help, get help. Recognize when you can’t handle the load anymore and let out your SOS call. It is an admirable trait to be strong enough to want to deal with something on your own, but it is a great loss when the attempts aren’t successful. I’ve lost a friend to suicide recently because of this. I almost was gone because of this. It’s everywhere… you’re not alone.
If you need help, get help. Recognize when you can’t handle the load anymore and let out your SOS call. It is an admirable trait to be strong enough to want to deal with something on your own, but it is a great loss when the attempts aren’t successful. I’ve lost a friend to suicide recently because of this. I almost was gone because of this. It’s everywhere… you’re not alone.
