The ‘Even Stevens’ and ‘Kim Possible’ recalls the first time she tried cocaine in an exclusive excerpt from new memoir ‘Once Upon a Trainwreck’

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Christy Carlson Romano is opening up about childhood stardom on Disney Channel and how it prohibited her from having a normal childhood

As the drama in her dating life intensified and her acting career slowed down, Romano began abusing alcohol and drugs

He new memoir, Once Upon a Trainwreck: The Fall and Rise of a Child Star is out on Oct. 6 from Simon & Schuster

In the early 2000s, Christy Carlson Romano ruled the Disney Channel, starring in hit shows and films like Even Stevens , Kim…

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