Current:Home > ContactMama June Shannon Reveals She Spent $1 Million on Drugs Amid Addiction -FutureProof Finance
Mama June Shannon Reveals She Spent $1 Million on Drugs Amid Addiction
View
Date:2025-04-27 01:56:35
Here comes Mama June Shannon's honest confessions about her battle with addiction.
Sober for more than three years, the reality star looked back on her lowest moments, including spending $1 million on cocaine.
"I don't remember like a lot of that time frame," the 43-year-old told The Daily Mail in an interview published May 10. "Just bits and pieces and stuff. But the biggest, stupidest thing I've done is spend that much money on drugs."
Today, Mama June—who wed Justin Stroud in June—is in disbelief of her actions, wishing she could tell her younger self "'Girl, what the hell are you doing spending all that damn money?'"
"I think about a lot of things I could do with that money," she continued. "My husband tells me all the time that I can't dwell on it."
Spending what she said was up to $3,000 a day on drugs has forced June—who is mom to daughters Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson, Lauryn "Pumpkin" Efird, Jessica "Chubbs" Shannon and Anna "Chickadee" Cardwell—to be wiser with her cash.
"I've gone back to being like penny pinching," she revealed, "and Justin tells me I'm a money hoarder."
However, she claims her past experiences have caused doctors to be skeptical about treating her, especially when she was hospitalized in September.
When they look at me and I feel like I'm getting judged because of my prior issues," the Mama June: Family Crisis star said. "I hate that the doctors will look at someone who has been through something in their life, like an addiction, and they think that someone can't change."
Now, amid an unknown illness "I just want the answers and I'm not getting them," she shared. "I'm trying to get into to see the best doctors that I know back in Georgia, but it is taking some time."
For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! News AppveryGood! (642)
Related
- NFL Week 15 picks straight up and against spread: Bills, Lions put No. 1 seed hopes on line
- Tucson man gets 16-month prison term for threatening a mass shooting at the University of Arizona
- Worsening floods and deterioration pose threats to US dam safety
- Average rate on a 30-year mortgage climbs for the first time since late May to just under 7%
- Current, future North Carolina governor’s challenge of power
- Woman fatally mauled by 2 dogs in Tennessee neighborhood; police shoot 1 dog
- First Heat Protection Standards for Workers Proposed by Biden Administration
- Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese highlight 2024 WNBA All-Star selections: See full roster
- Skins Game to make return to Thanksgiving week with a modern look
- Tashaun Gipson suspended six games by NFL for PED policy violation
Ranking
- FACT FOCUS: Inspector general’s Jan. 6 report misrepresented as proof of FBI setup
- Judge’s order greatly expands where Biden can’t enforce a new rule protecting LGBTQ+ students
- High school journalism removed from Opportunity Scholarship
- Boston Celtics to sign star Jayson Tatum to largest contract in NBA history
- Don't let hackers fool you with a 'scam
- Northern California wildfire spreads, with more hot weather expected. Thousands evacuate
- Nikki Hiltz, transgender runner, qualifies for U.S. Olympic team after winning 1,500-meter final
- How Todd Chrisley Reacted to Wife Julie Chrisley's Overturned Prison Sentence
Recommendation
Taylor Swift Eras Archive site launches on singer's 35th birthday. What is it?
Philadelphia radio host Howard Eskin suspended from Phillies home games over ‘unwelcome kiss’
FTC says gig company Arise misled consumers about how much money they could make on its platform
Flavor Flav teams up with Red Lobster to create signature meal: See the items featured
Justice Department, Louisville reach deal after probe prompted by Breonna Taylor killing
Ann Wilson shares cancer diagnosis, says Heart concert tour is postponed: 'This is merely a pause'
Biden to bestow Medal of Honor on two Civil War heroes who helped hijack a train in confederacy
Kansas businessman pleads guilty in case over illegal export of aviation technology to Russia