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1 " Most important, I hope you grow into a woman who loves herself. It is not an easy thing, self-love. It takes a lot of practice and time. But as a woman who is learning how to get there herself, I hope I can give that gift to you as you grow. "
― Jodie Sweetin
2 " Life isn't like a Full House episode. There isn't going to be an easy out to every conflict. There is no milkman, paperboy, or evening TV. There are good moments and bad moments and not everything will tie together nicely in the end. But that's life, and I think I'm finally starting to get it. "
3 " Even in the worst of times, I’ve always known that nothing is permanent. No feeling is permanent and as much as you think bad feelings will kill you, they won’t. "
― Jodie Sweetin , unSweetined
4 " happiness isn’t about the events going on in your life; it’s about how you handle them. It’s about falling down and standing up straighter than you did before. It’s about realizing that nothing comes easy. "
5 " Life isn't like a Full House episode. Uncle Jesse isn't going to come into that courtroom and convince the judge to rule in my favor by singing a Beach Boys song. There isn't going to be an easy out to every conflict. There's no milkman or paperboy or evening TV. There are good moments and bad moments and not everything will tie together nicely in the end. But that's life, and I think I'm finally starting to get it. "
6 " She was pretty normal back then, before Simon Cowell entered her life. "
7 " I am adopted. It’s tough to even see those words in print. Janice and Sam, the mom and dad I often refer to, adopted me when I was 9 months old. They are my mom and dad. They will always be my mom and dad and I will never think of them in any other way. And since they continue to stick by me regardless of all the shit I’ve put them through, there is no doubt that they feel the same way. "
8 " Love is wanting something more for someone else than you do for yourself. "
9 " Recovery is a tough road, but this time I’m committed. Some people can get it right the first time and never have to go back, and some people keep beating their heads against the wall over and over again. I may have fallen at times, but I always get up. I know what I need to do and I’m making it happen. "
10 " How could I have friends without looking like I was trying too hard? How could I keep to myself without people thinking I was a snob? I looked around and thought my classmates had it together, that they had something I didn’t. I wanted to figure out how to be more like them.The answer: alcohol … and drugs. "
11 " Though I may have been a clumsy smoker, I was a pretty slick drunk. I was still able to be the kid that got good grades and was polite and lovable around my parents and other family members.I quickly developed dual personalities: the good girl and the bad girl that I could switch on and off depending on the situation. "
12 " I wanted to prove that I wasn’t the girl from Full House, that I could get more trashed than everybody else and be the complete opposite of what people expected from Stephanie Tanner. I was going to be the antithesis of that character. That was my goal. "
13 " When some of my friends called me crazy for getting engaged so young, Candace offered sage advice: “Don’t listen to them. If you are happy that’s all that matters. Val and I have done it for years and we’re really happy. You can be, too. "
14 " Meth helped me escape my head and bury my anxiety. Sober, I didn’t know where I wanted to go or what to do with my life; with meth, I didn’t care. I didn’t worry about what I wasn’t, I just thought about how I was going to get high next. "
15 " At any time I could have checked myself out, but I didn’t. I didn’t really have that option. I was desperate to get sober, but wanting it and being willing to go to any lengths to make it happen are two totally different things. Even if I left, where would I go? I wasn’t welcome at my parents’ house. They were fed up with me. I couldn’t go back to Shaun. I couldn’t even look him in the eye. I had no place to go. No matter how I felt, Passages was now my home. "
16 " I always understood that addiction is passed down genetically, and I truly believe that I was born with addiction in my blood. I certainly didn’t choose to have addiction issues. "
17 " I look at my baby and pray, "Please God, don’t let her be affected by this". I know from my firsthand experience with drugs that I will be there for Zoie if she ever struggles with addiction. For better or for worse, I will have a certain kind of empathy for her struggle that my parents couldn’t have had for mine. I pray with all my heart that she doesn’t have that addiction switch inside her. I would do anything in the world to prevent her from struggling through life the way I do. "
18 " The thought of going back home to normal life didn’t seem so appealing. I had destroyed my real life and had no desire to go back to it. In the bubble of Passages, I lived like a queen. Yes, I was sober, but it wasn’t the real world. How could I go from this back to that? "
19 " It was hard to live up to the adult version of Stephanie Tanner that I set for myself. I knew I wasn’t the girl I was talking about in the interviews or the speeches. I constantly let myself down and set myself up for failure. This time, failure was right around the corner. "
20 " As much as I acted like I didn’t care about relationships: having sex just for the fun of it. I was still a girl inside and I still had feelings.I hated myself for the way I treated people. I hated the person I had become. The guilt for treating guys badly and acting destructively took a toll on me mentally. At all times I was moments away from a breakdown, but I didn’t see a way out. I didn’t see an end to the madness. I was spiraling out of control, but there didn’t seem to be a bottom for me to hit. "
