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There has been some speculation as to the cause of Amy Winehouse’s untimely death. Some have attributed her death to her known drug abuse issues and problems with drinking. Now, we’ve learned that her family thinks that it was her withdrawal from alcohol that caused her passing.

According to People.com, Amy ignored doctors’ advice when it came to gradually reducing her alcohol intake. After her heavy drinking, Amy went cold turkey in the past month, according to a family friend. Her family says that they believe that the abrupt quitting caused too much of a shock for her system.

The source said, “Abstinence gave her body such a freight, they thought it was eventually the cause of her death.”

The true cause of her death is pending the results of the toxicology tests that were taken upon her death. The results won’t be made available for two to four weeks.

Amy was said to be on a bender during her last few days, but a source close to her family insists that wasn’t the case. Her father, Mitch Winehouse, said that he believed it was the opposite. The source said, “He said doctors had told Amy to gradually reduce her intake of alcohol and to avoid binging at all costs. Amy told him she couldn’t do that. It was all or nothing and she gave up completely. Mitch said the shock of giving up, after everything she had been through over a bad few years, was just too much for her to take.”

We’ve learned that alcohol withdrawal can lead to delirium tremens, which is more known as the “DTs”. This can lead to death, so their reasoning is plausible.

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