You know what? Through reporting on Amy Winehouse's antics for the good part of a year, and finding myself overcome with the sensation of powerful deja vu, I'm beginning to realise how deranged with frustration Mitch and Janis Winehouse must be.

Yes, Amy's out of hospital (where she was diagnosed with the early stages of emphysema) and back on the cancer sticks. Which may have been what the doctor ordered in, oh, 1937, but IS NOT NOW, AMY!!!

The Back To Black singer was all smiles as she piled into a cab, stopping off for a brief shopping trip before returning home.

But in a worrying sign she's yet to shake her bad habits, the 24-year-old was seen lighting up a cigarette as she emerged from facility despite stern warnings from doctors.

Her father Mitch Winehouse has admitted that he is terrified that she will fall into her old habits and is concerned she'll be 'dead in three months'.

Amy collapsed at her North London home last week and was taken for tests at a London hospital by her 57-year-old father, who later said: 'With smoking the crack cocaine and the cigarettes her lungs are all gunked up.'

'The only thing that can go into her lungs are fresh air. She faces a stark choice - either she sticks to it or she won't sing again.'

Go for it, Amy! Here, have another cigarette! Have six! Have a dozen and pretend they're donuts! (Thanks, Parenthood.)

So who wants to place bets on when Amy next ends up in hospital. I put good money on "a month to eight weeks". Any takers?

 

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