Amy Winehouse ignored her doctor's warnings about her alcohol consumption - and was more than five times the legal drink-drive limit when she died, her inquest has heard.
The Back To Black star was found dead in bed in her Camden flat in north London on the afternoon of Saturday July 23 this year.
She had 416mg of alcohol per decilitre of blood in her system - the legal driving limit is 80mg. The singer did not drink for the first three weeks of July but then hit the bottle days before her death.
Dr Christina Romete, her GP, said this fitted a pattern in which Winehouse would abstain from alcohol for weeks on end only to drink again for weeks at a time. She said she warned the 27-year-old of the many dangers if she kept drinking.
She said: "The advice I had given to Amy over a long period of time was verbal and in written form about all the effects alcohol can have on the system, including respiratory depression and death, heart problems, fertility problems and liver problems."
Winehouse, who was taking medication to cope with alcohol withdrawal and anxiety, was reviewed last year by a psychologist and psychiatrist about her drinking but "had her own views" about treatment.
Dr Romete saw Winehouse the night before she died. She was tipsy but coherent and said she did not know if she was going to stop drinking but "she did not want to die".
"She was looking forward to the future," said the doctor as Winehouse's tearful parents Mitch and Janis listened in the public gallery. They said later it was "some relief" to finally find out what had happened to their daughter. Winehouse was clear of illegal drugs when she died. However police found three bottles of vodka in her bedroom, two large, one small.
St Pancras coroner Suzanne Greenway recorded a verdict of misadventure. She said: "She had been specifically advised of the harm to her health and her life. However, she had her own views about therapy, particularly of the treatment she would accept and whether she would continue with it at any point in time."
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She said Winehouse "voluntarily" drank the alcohol and added: "She had consumed sufficient alcohol at 416mg per decilitre (of blood) and the unintended consequence of such potentially fatal levels was her sudden and unexpected death."
