Mama June Shannon and her boyfriend Geno Doak were so deep into addiction that they spent close to $1 million on drugs, she revealed. And, at the end of it, she had less than $2 in her bank account.
"I would say the last year of our addiction, probably a good $900,000," the former "Here Comes Honey Boo Boo" star told Access Hollywood. "So much money was sent to our dope man."
June and Geno had two dealers that they primarily worked with. At one point, she sent one of the dealers $80,000 in a single Cash app transaction.
"I went into rehab with $1.75 to my name," the "Mama June: Road to Redemption" star said. "And I came out with nothing."
June says that just before heading to rehab, she was waiting on a $15,000 check to come in. At that point, she had already decided she needed rehab, but her plan was to use that money for one "last high" before seeking help. The money, however, didn't come when it was supposed to, so June checked in to a treatment center with the help of TLC.
The money came "five days after I was in rehab," she said. "I think that was kind of like our wake up call. There was a reason we didn't get that $15,000."
The reality TV star is now 14 months sober and in a much better place.
"It's so much easier for me to say, 'Hey, I don't want to feel this,'" she said. "I don't want to go back to that. I don't want to have my bank accounts overdrawn."
June's drug habit became publicly known in March 2019 after her cocaine arrest in Alabama. Afterward, her downward spiral was well-chronicled. At one point, she told her daughter Lauryn "Pumpkin" Shannon that she and Geno spent $2,500 a day on meth. June acknowledged that she would even text family at the height of her addiction to simply let them know that she was still alive.
"I was around drugs my whole life," she told Access Hollywood. "Addiction does run in my family."
She added, "In this industry, it's kind of crazy that until you get busted it's okay, and I think that is the wrong way to be, but it is — it's true."
Although she's sober, June's addiction continues to have an impact on her relationship with her four daughters.
"You miss so much," June said. "My kids stopped talking to me … so now our thing is that we're trying to redeem our kids and it's been a process. Addiction is selfish, but my recovery is selfish also."