A legend gone too soon. Did Houston pay the ultimate price of addiction?

So over the weekend I was thinking about what I wanted to post for my next blog topic. Saturday night was my boyfriend's birthday so we were heading to the bowling ally to meet some friends and while flipping through the radio stations we hear that Whitney Houston passed away suddenly at the age of 48! I was shocked but at the same time I thought to myself about the constant battle with drug addiction she faced over the years. The damage had already been done to her body and it cut short the life of a woman who was once such a huge talent! Even though I'm only 21 years old I know that Whitney was a one of a kind talent in her day. She could hit the high notes that nobody else could hit and inspired artists of our generation today like Christina Aguilera and Mariah Carey. It truly saddens me to see somebody throw away a gift like she did. She destroyed her voice and her body from the substances she abused. In 2009 she tried to make a comeback but her career had faded out because fans said she had lost her treasured gift and failed to hit notes. Fans were unimpressed and she began cancelling concerts due to "illness" leaving many to suspect she was using drugs again. At this point it was too late, her career was too far gone. On February 12, 2012 she was found dead in her hotel bathtub in Beverly Hills a few hours before a huge Grammy party that she was supposed to attend. It was reported that a half dozen bottles of medication was discovered in the room. Family members said she had been taking the prescription drug Xanax, which is used to treat anxiety. If the drug is combined with alcohol it can cause drowsiness. Houston was found in her bathtub with her head underwater and could not be revived by paramedics after being removed from the tub. There was no alcohol found in the room but multiple reports said that she had been out drinking the night before with friends at the hotel. Could it have been the accidental mix of the Xanax and alcohol? Suicide? Or just the final straw for the damage that she had already done? How could someone so talented, who had so many chances to get her act together and make a comeback just throw it all away like that? Or should the people closest to her have tried harder to help her? Another legend is gone too soon. What do you guys think?