Method Acting

Well, I know this was reported on many other websites yesterday, but for those of you who didn't happen to see it, Stephanie Tanner finally admitted that she had a meth problem. Now I'm sure this news hit my cousins' house real hard, but if you ask me, it really explains a lot. If you study her behavior over the years then you will see that there were many signs that she was using. Here are some great examples after her mug shot:



1.) She was the middle child. If televison has taught me anything it's that the middle child (whether it's of 3, 5, or 7) is always a huge loser. Stephanie knew this and while she tried hard to fight past this cold hard fact, she eventually gave in and turned to drugs.



2.) Her only firends were Uncle Joey and that Teddy Bear with the trenchcoat. She must've known she was in trouble when she realized that her two best friends in the world were a live-in uncle with a mullet who was constantly making "wood" jokes and thought he was 8 years old, and a lifeless Teddy Bear with a great eye for fashion. I don't see how anyone could not turn to meth in this case.





3.) She didn't know how to perform simple household tasks. I think we all remember the time she borrowed DJ's purple sweater with the buttons accross the top (the one thing she owned without shoulderpads, no less), stained it with mustard, and then tried to get the stain out in the wash but shrunk it instead. As a result, DJ was once again disappointed in her little sister, while Michelle won out in the end because the sweater was now her size. Nothing could go right for Stephanie, except of course, all those drug purchases.

4.) She wanted to change her name. Who could forget the time where Stephanie wanted to change her name to Dawn? While she gave other reasons for wanting the change, we all could tell that it was because she wanted to distance herself as far away from her old persona as possible because she was upset with the drug addict she had become, while at the same time knew she didn't want to stop anytime soon. This is yet another classic sign, plus Danny refused to let her go through with this which was another example of Middle Child Abuse, which no doubt led to even more usage.



5.) She had to share a room with her baby sister. After years of suffering through getting no respect as DJ's roommate things were starting to look good for her when DJ moved out of the room. Unfortunately, Michelle came in as fast as DJ left, and now Stephanie had to deal with her little sister who was clearly more talented and much cuter than she was right while she was going through her awkard years. It's almost as if she was demoted. Where would you turn if this happened to you? I'll tell you where - methamphetamine. I'd be right there with her with Michelle constanly playing the Echo Game and that Raffi tape.



6.) She didn't know how to drive a car. I know you all remember how Stephanie was so far gone that she crashed Uncle Joey's brand new red car through the kitchen. It was bad enough that she caused thousands of dollars of damage to her own house, but if you're gonna drive through your house at least do it head first, not in reverse. So, how did she deal with this? She ran away from home and lived on the street for a few days before resurfacing at Rebecca's house before attempting to flee to Mexico. If this isn't a cry for help than I don't know what is.

7.) She joined a dance posse. If I know one thing, it's that meth addicts love to dance. Once Stephanie found out that she was good at dancing, she danced all day and rose to the ranks as the leader of her local posse. Before she could take her people to the streets and shout, "it's on," her mood swings hit her hard once she wore out her Motown Philly tape and she went on the downward spiral. The same thing heppened to Jesse Spano when she took up dancing, and I think we all remember what happened there. Poor Stephanie had no friend like Zack Morris to set her back on the right path and help her get clean.

8.) Steph kind of rhymes with meth. I'm not going into detail on this one, though I probably should've been calling her "Stephamphetamine" this whole post. Oh well.

Those were just a few examples (and believe me when I say that there are many more) of how such a normal child could go off the deep end. If you are a parent (or someday hope to become a parent) take notice of these eight warning signs for your children. Hopefully Stephanie's tragic childhood can help prevent thousands of other talentless middle children to stay away from drugs and end on a positive note, just like every single episode of Full House. Don't wait until it's too late!