Amy Winehouse has revealed she only started drinking heavily because she had to give up smoking cannabis.

She said recently: “I can’t smoke now because my energy crashes. “I’d get up, smoke two big spliffs then think I should eat something so I’d have a fry-up. Then I wouldn’t eat anything all day. Then I’d eat pasta at two in the morning.”

“My drinking replaced weed. I still have a problem. I have had a problem with drink but I haven’t had a drink in a few days.”

“The problem isn’t exaggerated. I’m a terrible drunk. I don’t know where that comes from - boredom?”