People have said that before, has anyone found an article that states she was into drugs prior to the late 90's? Because the references I found all said she didn't start having trouble and going down the hole until she hooked up with him.
Perhaps she didn't get into public trouble until she met him, as that is the kind of attention seeker that Bobby Brown is, but she could have been doing drugs quietly for years, without many people knowing about it.
Many people function while high and drunk on a daily basis, so a celebrity with money, fame and power can hire people to cover stuff up, avoid appointments, interviews, etc...
I don't believe for one second that Whitney was clean and then poof, she met a man who was into that lifestyle and seduced her into it. Why the heck would she find that acceptable if she herself was no stranger to it? She seemed to have it all, from a professional standpoint, so why throw all of that away or the potential to lose it, for the love of a man who had many issues?
Her record company made her into a music princess, and so she was probably very good at covering things up, but then she fell for a bad boy, and started to get a little dirty in the public eye. Kind of hard not to when you marry someone like him.
Whitney seemed like a very manic person to me - the Whitney before Bobby was much different than the Whitney after Bobby. Do I think that is because he got her into drugs? Nope. I think it's because she covered it up before Bobby, and then together, they enabled each other in that lifestyle, and she didn't have to cover it up any longer. She was always very arrogant in interviews, but after she met him, she probably felt a sense of relief in not having to live that perfect lifestyle anymore. Remember, she said she was an addict, yet was angry that people thought she did crack. Cocaine was fine, but crack, no way as that was somehow beneath her.
Perhaps she was relieved to meet him as she didn't have to hide behind that perfect persona that we all knew...Or, perhaps he introduced her to stronger stuff, which she more than likely would have graduated to anyway. She made the choice to marry someone who displayed an addictive personality, so she knew exactly what she was getting into, as they dated for a couple of years before getting married.
Tiger
ITA! I think it's delusional to think that he had no part in her downfall. Surely, she was a grown woman, however grown men and women are manipulated every day by ppl. close to them, especially spouses-especially abusive spouses. I'd bet my money that he's a sorry pos, that was probably most def. a large part of why she turned out the way she did. It's sad that she didn't have the confidence, strength ect. to not allow him to do it, but he's still the pos that brought her down with him. It seems pretty clear, that he only and most likely has always only thought about himself. Just look at his actions from last night. Instead of being even a half-decent human being and rushing to be with his child and family when she died, he decided to go on stage, make money, and make himself the center of attention.
I was surprised at the "transformation" of her from her upscale, prissy "queen" personae that her PR team created for her when we saw her in small doses, to what was apparently really her in real life. 
