amy winehouseAmy Winehouse has reportedly said she’s off drugs - and is tempted to stay in the Caribbean to leave her past life in London behind her.

The singer flew out to St Lucia before Christmas to have some winter sun and told the News of the World she’s already extended her holiday once: “I love it here and have never felt so happy.

“In fact I don’t think I’m ever going home. I was supposed to go last week but I thought f*** that, I’m staying!

“Before I came out here I looked at a photo of myself in the newspaper and was horrified. My skin was a spotty mess and I was so pale and skinny. I thought to myself, ‘Girl, you got to sort yourself out or you’ll be dead soon.’

“I was depressed, doing drugs and had no life in me at all. Coming here has changed everything. [I’m] having a great time .. and I just don’t want the holiday to end.

“Home is hell for me. I’ve escaped from it. There are drugs everywhere. I can’t do anything without everyone thinking I’m off my head on drugs, although half the time they were right, I WAS.

“But here I feel so calm and peaceful and for the first time I can definitely say I AM off the drugs. I haven’t touched anything since I arrived and I feel the best I have in years.”

“It’s like I’ve stepped onto a new planet and nothing can harm me here. At home I seem to get in with the wrong people and just get myself in trouble. Yes I’ve been getting p***ed here but, compared to the states I get into back in London, this is the best behaved I’ve been in years.

“That’s why I came here and it’s worked a treat. That’s why I keep extending my stay. Look at me, I’m a different person. For the first time in my life I’ve got a suntan, although to be honest most of it is fake.

“I’ve been eating non-stop because the food’s so great here and now I’ve got some meat on my bones. And I’ve even done some exercise, although that was only learning how to do the trapeze at the circus school they have here. You should see me, I’m f***ing great at it. You wouldn’t believe I could ever walk in a straight line on a rope, but I can!

“I’ve even been in the sea. A few months ago I wouldn’t have dreamed of it because I wouldn’t have wanted to get my beehive wet. But now I’ve got my new short haircut and I feel like a new woman.

“Before I got here I was just like a zombie most days. But here I’ve got new zest for life as I’m off the drugs. All I’ve done is read books, sunbathe and drink cocktails. But it’s made me feel like concentrating on my career again.

“Most nights I’ve done a few songs on the piano for a laugh but I’m starting to think about recording again. I want to capture how happy I am right now in some new songs.”

She added that her holiday fling with Josh Bowman has helped too: “He couldn’t be more different from my husband, which is not a bad thing. Blake looks like me, a right mess. But Josh is all handsome and clean and that’s what I love about him.

“People might think we haven’t got anything in common but I get on like a house on fire with all his family despite them being so posh. When I’m with Josh I don’t need drugs to feel good because he makes me feel so amazing.”