Mama June Shannon Reveals She Spent $1 Million on Drugs Amid Addiction

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Here comes Mama June Shannon's honorable confessions astir her conflict with addiction.

Sober for much than 3 years, the world prima looked backmost connected her lowest moments, including spending $1 cardinal connected cocaine.

"I don't retrieve similar a batch of that clip frame," the 43-year-old told The Daily Mail successful an interrogation published May 10. "Just bits and pieces and stuff. But the biggest, stupidest happening I've done is walk that overmuch wealth connected drugs."

Today, Mama June—who wed Justin Stroud successful June—is successful disbelief of her actions, wishing she could archer her younger aforesaid "'Girl, what the hellhole are you doing spending each that damn money?'"

"I deliberation astir a batch of things I could bash with that money," she continued. "My hubby tells maine each the clip that I can't dwell connected it."

Spending what she said was up to $3,000 a time connected drugs has forced June—who is ma to daughters Alana "Honey Boo Boo" Thompson, Lauryn "Pumpkin" Efird, Jessica "Chubbs" Shannon and Anna "Chickadee" Cardwell—to beryllium wiser with her cash.

"I've gone backmost to being similar penny pinching," she revealed, "and Justin tells maine I'm a wealth hoarder."

However, she claims her past experiences person caused doctors to beryllium skeptical astir treating her, particularly erstwhile she was hospitalized successful September.

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When they look astatine maine and I consciousness similar I'm getting judged due to the fact that of my anterior issues," the Mama June: Family Crisis prima said. "I hatred that the doctors volition look astatine idiosyncratic who has been done thing successful their life, similar an addiction, and they deliberation that idiosyncratic can't change."

Now, amid an chartless unwellness "I conscionable privation the answers and I'm not getting them," she shared. "I'm trying to get into to spot the champion doctors that I cognize backmost successful Georgia, but it is taking immoderate time."

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