Jodi Lee Ann Sweetin most fondly remembered as Stephany Tanner for her role in ‘Full House’ has been fighting a continuous battle with drug addiction.
She is currently working on her autobiography, in which she has chronicled her downfall, with the use of alcohol and drugs, which began soon after the serial “full House” ended.
In her biography, “unsweetened”, she opens her heart out as she recalls spending endless nights, partying and having all kinds of drugs, even as she created a different picture before the world.
She admits that as she was proceeding to address a sold out college gathering on how she had kicked off her habit, she was high on cocaine, while the people who believed her, were waiting to hear how she had fought, the trials and problems that she, Jodie Sweetin had faced.
Jodie wanted to prove to the world that she is not naïve and innocent as ‘Stephanie Tanner’, the character which had made her immensely popular and a household name. This was the time her addiction began. In 1995 she got into this cycle of drug abuse having crystal meth and ecstasy.
She paid $700 a week, for her addiction, the money she earned from her performances and public appearances.
She once expressed in an interview, “I was selfish, self-serving, insecure, angry and fearful person living a double life. I covered up my problems by pretending to be happy and saying that everything was fine.”
She once drove drunk with her one year old infant daughter Zoie, for which she felt terrible later, and realized that “If you’re not in the right place to get sober, you’re not ready to be a mom.”
She is now fighting a legal battle with her second husband Cody Herpin for the shared custody of her beloved daughter.