When Lindsay Lohan made her film debut she appeared to be a modern version of Haley Mills. She even took a role that Mills had once had in the Disney remake of the Parent Trap. Lohan was a cute freckled girl who was wise beyond her years on film, and showed the ability to steal a scene at the age of 10.

By the time she was 24, Lohan had gone from cute little girl to a public relations nightmare that no studio wanted to work with. The transformation played out in front of the public’s eyes, but for fans that had been won over by Lohan’s charm and talent it was a shocking fall from grace. Looking back on Lohan’s career, it becomes clear that there were troubling signs even as the actress could seemingly do no wrong.

Lindsay has been has had a difficult relationship with her father Michael her entire life. Michael Lohan has been in an out of prison since his contempt of court conviction due to insider trading in the 1990s. Michael was also arrested for a problem that would plague his daughter driving under the influence.

Lindsay Lohan’s child success translated to teenage success after the commercial and critical success Mean Girls. After Mean Girls, Lohan was a Hollywood “it” girl and the one-time child start had become a sex symbol. Lindsay leveraged her status and success to gain access to the Los Angeles party scene, where she has been a fixture since she was a teenager.

Hollywood blogs had been documenting Lindsay’s partying for years before her first DUI arrest in 2007. While some hoped that it would be the warning she needed to stay out of trouble, Lohan was arrested for a second DUI that same year. After her second arrest Lindsay made a mockery of her criminal sentence by falling to attend her alcohol education classes and checking in and out of rehabilitation clinics as if they were hotels. Her story is not uncommon in a place where too much too fast is just part of the lifestyle.