It's hard to live up to your most iconic role. Jodie Sweetin played Stephanie Tanner, the middle child of Danny Tanner on and then reprised her role for the spin-off,

However, her life wasn't always fame and fortune. When she was a baby, her parents were in prison, so she was adopted by her aunt and uncle. She had a pretty normal childhood and went to high school with and performed in the musical with

s Matthew Morrison. Sweetin then went on to act in many other roles.

Sweetin pulled herself away from Hollywood for a while, but eventually made a comeback. Not everyone knows about her haunted past, but she dealt with a lot of problems as a teenager. Eventually, though, she turned her life around as an adult and is now happier than ever. Here's Jodie Sweetin's life and net worth after

After ended, Sweetin admitted to having a drug and alcohol problem.

She began drinking at 14 and used many drugs, including ecstasy, methamphetamine, crack, among others, for about 15 years, according to page 96 of her book, "unSweetined." Sweetin admitted she started using drugs, because she "was bored" because she was unemployed.

"There is a certain sense of loss when a series ends," she said. "when that was basically how you identified yourself," she said in a 2006 interview.

A few short years later, at the age of 20, the actress found herself married. In 2002, Jodie Sweetin married Los Angeles police officer, Shaun Holguin. Candace Cameron Bure served as her Matron of Honor, while Bure's daughter, Natasha, served as the flower girl. Sadly, four years later,

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However, it didn't take long for Jodie Sweetin to find love again. In 2007, the actress met a film transportation coordinator, Cody Herpin, through friends, and they started dating that May.

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