Herein lies the tale of Whitney’s fall from grace, and maybe her premature death.Bobby was her “drug” alright.
“Brown has often been portrayed as a corrupting influence on Houston, who fought a long battle with substance abuse.”

@ Mike Lindo; That is how he is portrayed , but I don’t know if it is quite accurate.  Go on the net and read again.  Although he might have been some sort of enabler, she used the hard stuff before meeting him. But she also had a mind of her own,  a supportive mother and a daughter to set an example for. One has got also to look at other forces that keep entertainers drugged up to make money off of them.
Hopefully her soul will find peace.
What boggles my mind is that our early really bad addicts in Barbados somehow were able to get off and return to meaningful lives. Today that does not happen anymore. Is the drug more enhanced, is the human body more frail, is rehab failing, because it is so overwhelmed or is it something else?

The independent variable is drugs the dependent variable is Whitney’s downfall and the intervening variable is Bobby Brown. It was the drugs she choose to take that led to her downfall.

As we remember the great talent that was Whitney Houston, we must resist the urge to go along with the view of the mainstream press that Bobby Brown was the sole corrupting influence in Whitney’s life. We must remember that Whitney was several years older than Bobby and that she often times gave as good as she got in that relationship. I look at both of them as two components in a poisonous cocktail; on there own they might be relatively harmless, but together they were toxic for each other. I think that on some level, they both truly cared for each other, but on the whole they were very bad for each other. Neither possessed the strength to check the others worse tendencies or their own. I have heard from many people over the years that attested to Whitney not being the wholesome, innocent, and impressionable person her carefully crafted media image portrayed. We all knew of Bobby’s exploits but did not hear about Whitney’s until after the marriage started to go sour. The only truly blameless and innocent party in this tragic tale is their daughter Bobbi Christina, who had to grow up witnessing it all. Whitney’s father tried to rescue Bobbi by attempting to take custody of Bobbi, but his efforts were thwarted in court by Whitney’s high-priced lawyers. Her dad died soon after. I believe he saw what his daughter had become and it broke his heart. Let us remember Whitney for the great talent that she was, but let her life be a cautionary tale about some of the corrupting influences in the entertainment industry. Let us also refrain from blaming Bobby for it all as I believe he is just as much a victim of the same corrupting influences. Whitney helped to do this to herself. Let us pray that the daughter can find some peace and healing in this troubling time and go on to become a healthy and well adjusted young lady.