Full House star Jodie Sweetin says she's more than a 'salacious story' after overcoming drug addiction
The LA-born actress is best known for starring as Stephanie Tanner in the ABC sitcom Full House from 1987 to 1995, and its Netflix reboot series, Fuller House.
After Full House went off the air, she turned to alcohol to cure her boredom and loneliness.
Soon after the star, 43, found herself abusing cocaine, crystal meth and ecstasy.
During an appearance on Kaitlyn Lowry's podcast, Barely Famous, the mother-of-two talked about playing Stephanie Tanner.
She also dove into her addiction and recovery and how she climbed out of that addiction and beat it.
Sweetin explained that while she didn't deal with addiction while starring on Full House, it became all people would talk about in her 20s.
'And because people know who you are, it never kind of goes away from it being in the public eye,' she said.
Jodie noted that despite the fact that millions of people battle addiction, it was more 'sensational' because she was famous.
'I always say, I would have struggled with addiction issues regardless of being on TV or not,' she added.
'And to be fair, that gave me some of the ability to be able to find treatment and find help in ways that I might not have had I not worked as a child. But it's very hard [when] you have to make all your mistakes publicly.'
Sweetin's road to sobriety wasn't an easy one and she relapsed before getting sober for good.
'I had gone to treatment in my 20s, and then I had kids, and then I got sober, and then I drank again and then I got sober,' Sweetin explained.
'It's been up and down, but it's been 16 years since I've drank alcohol and 13 years since I relapsed on meds with a car accident that I was in.'
She also dove into her addiction and recovery and how she climbed out of that addiction and beat it. Seen here on May 1, 2024
Sweetin said that pills were 'never' her thing, but after being subscribed a muscle relaxant following a car accident, she relapsed.
Once she got sober again, she found it was hard to get back into acting because 'it was the only thing that people wanted to talk about.'
'There were times I was like, "Oh, why didn't I just keep my mouth shut? Why didn't I just say, "I don't want to talk about it." Because, now, it's all that people want to talk about,"' she added.
'But, through it, I got to come back to Fuller [House] and I just never gave up, knowing that I had more to offer than just being some salacious story,' she continued.
Fans will get to hear Jodie tell her story in her own voice as the Dancing With the Stars alum revealed last month that she's recording an audio version of her memoir unSweetined.
The book was first published in 2009, and Sweetin is adding a new introduction to the new audiobook.
The book tells Jodie's story from the point of her child stardom when Full House ended.
'I loved recording the audiobook — it was such a personal experience to revisit these stories in my own voice all these years later,' Sweetin told People in June.
In the new introduction, Sweetin recounts the alcohol and drug addiction she dealt with after the book was originally published.
The Fuller House star told the outlet, 'My voice, my emotions and my truth all wrapped together.'
She added, 'I was really vulnerable in the process of recording and I hope listeners feel that connection with every word.'
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