Jodie Sweetin is opening up about what she says is her first experience with alcohol. "Well, the first time I ever drank, I was like 14 ... and it was at [costar] Candace's [Cameron Bure] wedding, and I was just a blackout drinker," Sweetin, 43, revealed during the Thursday, November 21, episode of the "Skinny Confidential" podcast. The experience "was awful and it was ugly and it was embarrassing," she continued. "And my mother was horrified." "I was at the table, and I was drinking, and, you know, it was like I was across the room from my mom," she added, noting that it wasn't immediately obvious to the adults around her that she was imbibing. "So they would pour a glass of wine ... and then they'd get around right then, they'd get around to pouring more, and I was like, 'I'll take a little more, please.'" Jessica Simpson Marks 7 Years Being Alcohol-Free With Touching Post Though she admitted she was "horrified the next day" and "felt awful," Sweetin added that something "clicked" for her during that experience. "I was like, 'Ooh, that was fun,'" she said, going on to explain that what transpired was the start of years of partying. . "I'd say around 15, 16, I knew that I drank and partied in a way that my friends did not," she continued, "and they were like, 'What, bro? Settle down.' I would be like, 'Okay, well, now I've got to go find somebody that I can do these drugs with.' Or, you know, it was like finding different people that didn't make you feel so bad about what you were doing." Sweetin has been open about her battle with substance abuse in the past. Jodie Sweetin Michael Tullberg/Getty Images "We all have our demons," she exclusively told Us Weekly in March 2016. "When we finally learn to let them go, we get to live and be free. I look back at things that have happened in the past, and I look at where I'm now, and it's crazy. If anything, my life is a lesson to never give up." In addition to alcohol, she also struggled with ecstasy, crystal meth and cocaine use. "It was a huge shift in my life. Everything I had known from the time I was 5 years old suddenly ended and it was like saying goodbye to a family I had loved very, very much," Sweetin told her Dancing With the Stars partner, Keo Motsepe, during an April 2016 episode. "At such a young age it really was a huge loss for me, I didn't know how to grieve. Drugs and alcohol just sort of numbed everything." Sweetin continued: "I was doing cocaine and ecstasy and alcohol and all of that. The darkest moments for me weren't necessarily winding up in the hospital or anything like that. It was those quiet moments alone when I just hated the person I had become." Britney Spears' Ex Jason Alexander Reacts to Her Claims About Their Wedding "I got sober for good on December 7, 2008. I was flying to L.A. and I ended up taking a bunch of Nyquil and drinking a sh**load," she told Us years earlier in October 2009. "When I got home, I got a call that there was an emergency custody investigation because of my drinking. From that day forward, I threw myself into going to [Alcoholics Anonymous] and avoided people who do blow off their coffee tables. ... Life is good. I'm happier than I can remember." If you or someone you know is struggling with substance abuse, contact the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) National Helpline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).