Whitney Houston: She Said She Needed Help, 10 Years Ago

Whitney Houston was an American Music Icon, adored throughout the world. Many who watched Whitney’s life unfold in the past decade knew there was a growing chance that drugs and alcohol might end her life early,... if she did not take care of herself.

Whitney even coined the phrase "crack is whack." Translation: I NEED HELP! What we all feared might happen to Whitney sadly came true. Yesterday afternoon, she was found dead at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in the bathtub, with her head submerged under water and her legs out of the water. According to TMZ, in wake of tonight’s Grammys, Whitney had been partying heavily the night before she died and authorities confirmed that there were downers such as Xanax, Valium and Lorazopam, found in her hotel room.

Certainly it is easy to speculate what might have happened to Whitney, but let's face it, chances of someone drowning in the bathtub without a sleep aid or some other from of intoxicant are pretty slim. The question now is, did Whitney take downers before she went in the tub?

The drug culture refers to Xanax as “the sleep of death” and according to those closest to Whitney, she liked to take Xanax before she would go on stage. What’s worse than that, like Michael Jackson, Whitney admitted she had a drug problem long ago. Why was no one watching her? How could a doctor or anyone else stand by and let her go back into the gates of hell by continuing to condone her drug abuse?

The financial impact of Whitney’s death is greater than those around her might have thought. Like Michael Jackson, Amy Winehouse and so many other music icons who have died as a result of drug abuse or accidental overdose, so many people lose their jobs as a result. No one was interested in paying attention to Whitney’s continued recovery, especially those closest to her. And now she’s gone.