The singer spent many years struggling with drink and drugs before she passed away last summer (11) after suffering alcohol poisoning, and former addict Brand is convinced he should have done more to help her beat the bottle.
The British funnyman ditched his addictions 10 years ago and he wishes he had used his experiences to help his friend recover, too.
He tells Britain’s The Sun newspaper, “Her death wasn’t inevitable – there was something that could have been done. I know that from my own experience… I got clean at the age of 27, the age Amy was when she died… Amy’s death was a paradoxical unsurprising shock. I felt like I could have done something to help – to give her the chance I had… I got the sense of the ticking clock and spoke to other people, ‘Hey, we need to do something…’
“When she died, it was this feeling of, ‘Agh, I knew that was going to happen.’ And I had this flickering sense that I should have done something about that. I feel a bit guilty that there was nothing I did. Whatever anyone could have done for Amy, now one thing is for sure, no one can do anything – she’s dead.”
The star has now made a documentary film, Russell Brand: From Addiction to Recovery, about his struggle with drugs and he hopes it will help other addicts get help.
