SHE-PRATT WANTS HER 15 MINUTES!

US Weekly sat down with Spencer Pratt's sister Stephanie and uncovered a whole lot more than they bargained for....

It only took a brief run-in with Lauren Conrad (and most recently Heidi Montag) on The Hills for Spencer Pratt's younger sister Stephanie to become an overnight sensation. Then came the scrutiny: A report surfaced that she had been arrested last year for shoplifting.

Stephanie says she started smoking pot at 15. "In a matter of months, I was on to other things," she adds. "I was a blackout drinker too.

"Once in history class, I was so high that when the teacher wasn't looking, I asked a girl to feel my heart. It was beating so fast I thought I was going to die."

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Her brother couldn't deal with her problem.

"Spencer got mad because he was always defending me at school, saying I wasn't on drugs even when I was," Stephanie says. "He stopped talking to me for a bit."

It took a 2006 arrest — she had stolen $1,300 worth of merchandise from a Neiman Marcus in Honolulu, where she was working as a production assistant on ABC's Lost — for her to realize she needed help.

"When I was arrested, I was so humiliated, because of all the drugs that were in me, I passed out and had to go to hospital, where I called my parents."

"Getting arrested was a blessing," she adds. "I don't think I would have been able to get off drugs without that wake-up call."

Now sober, Stephanie thanks her family: "They never gave up on me."
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