First, the troubled, award-winning singer was rushed to A & E by husband Blake Fielder-Civil in a state of collapse after a three-day drugs binge said to include heroin, ecstasy, cocaine and the horse tranquilliser ketamine.

Then the emergency "crisis" summit between the couple and their respective parents at a five-star hotel descended into farce when Amy's father, Mitch, attacked Georgette's husband, Giles, blaming Blake for his daughter's very public downfall.

Amy, 23, and Blake, 24, then fled to a London hotel, having quit rehab after just five days, to be photographed dazed and bloodied in Soho following a furious bust-up when Blake reportedly walked into their room to find Amy about to take heroin with a prostitute.

Amy with her mother-in-law Georgette Civil

Now, amid fears that her behaviour will alienate U.S. audiences, Amy may be dropped by her record label, Universal/Republic, which has told her that she's on her last warning, and has ordered her to "clean up or clear out" with an all-expenses-paid Caribbean holiday.

She and Blake are now on the island of St Lucia talking of their "recovery", which - if reports are to be believed - involves "cutting back" on drugs and alcohol rather than forgoing them.

Meanwhile, Georgette is in despair.

In an emotional BBC radio broadcast this week, she begged fans not to buy Amy's records and asked the music industry not to give the singer any more awards, to shock her and Blake into confronting their problems.

"All we can think about as we lie awake at night is will we be burying our son in the next few weeks?

"If he's alive for another year, I think we'll be very lucky," says hair salon owner Georgette, 42, in her first full newspaper interview.

"I'm so desperate to get Blake away from drugs that I'm even considering paying to have him kidnapped and taken to a safe house where we could get professional help for him.

"Blake and Amy are like two separate accidents waiting to happen. Their meeting simply exacerbated everything that was wrong in their lives to the verge of tragedy.

"Our greatest fear is that if one of them dies, the other will commit suicide, such is their love for one another.

"If Amy died, Blake's life wouldn't be worth living because he'd be vilified.

"He told me as much himself.

"He told me that if Amy died on a Monday he would be dead by Monday night."