Amy Winehouse is working on her addictions in St Lucia. And by that, I mean she’s smoking a lot of pot. Apparently part of Amy’s get-well regimen means keeping herself relaxed enough that she doesn’t want hard drugs as badly. And she’s regaining a bit of her appetite as well, as is evidenced by recent photos. In fact according to Fametastic, Amy’s friends are actually encouraging her to keep up with the pot – all in hopes it’ll keep her away from the crack.

POP junkie AMY WINEHOUSE puffs on a cannabis joint on holiday — in her battle AGAINST drug addiction. Pals say the Rehab singer, 25, smokes ten spliffs a day on Caribbean isle St Lucia to suppress cravings for class-A drugs.

And they are ENCOURAGING her £500-a-week habit — as it has been giving her the munchies and helping her back to a healthy weight.

A close friend said: “Amy hasn’t touched crack or cocaine for months. She has been really good. Drugs are easy to get in St Lucia but she has just stuck to smoking dope. The amazing thing is she smokes all morning then sees her personal trainer in the afternoon and is put through a gruelling workout.”

The star has also been keeping busy by giving singing lessons to kids at a school near to her villa. But the headteacher was horrified when she turned up at class wearing a bra and skimpy vest. A source said: “They scrabbled around and found a spare PE kit for her to wear. Because she’s so tiny, it fit.”

[From Gossip Rocks]

You know, if it were anyone other than Winehouse, I’d think that last little bit about the singing lessons was a bunch of bull thrown in there to see how gullible we are. But Winehouse has been photographed playing topless Scrabble with old people, she rescued a woman after a boating accident, crawled around on her hands and knees begging resort guests for drinks, and seemingly spends a good deal of her time on the trapeze and doing handstands on the beach. So really, nothing seems all that impossible on this extended vacation/half-ass rehab trip of hers. Singing with schoolchildren in your underwear? It’s certainly not the most bizarre thing Winehouse has been accused of.

I’m not sure whether I should say I hope Amy smoking a lot of pot gets her off the hard drugs. I hope she does get off crack and cocaine and whatever else she’s doing. I just also hope she’ll finally be willing to go to rehab and really do the hard work it’s going to take.

Amy Winehouse is shown in St. Lucia on 1/2/09. Credit: Bauergriffin