Mama June agrees to rehab when she tests positive for ‘dangerous amount’ of cough medicine

Mama June agreed to meet with daughter Pumpkin for a one-on-one after more than six weeks apart in last week’s From Not to Hot: Family Crisis.

This week finally brought some sense of clarity to mother and daughter, as they attempted to repair their family.

She immediately broke out into tears as she stepped into the production office to meet with Pumpkin and Dr. Ish.     

June said in a confessional: ‘I may not have seen my kids in a long f***ing time, but I’ve never forgot about them. I know we f***ed up. That kills me.’

It was a bittersweet reunion, as they shared a hug and prepared to dive into the matriarch’s issues.  

Pumpkin was surprised by her mom’s appearance, as she was used to June getting her hair and nails done every other week: ‘Mama looks like hell. It’s really strange for me to see my own mother like this.’

June admitted that she’d just rolled out of bed and threw on some clothes, which made Pumpkin glad she didn’t bring her little sister Alana.

The mother-of-four then revealed that she sold the house because they needed the money and it only carried bad memories, but boyfriend Geno didn’t want to sell.

She explained that they were staying in motels because they were cheap, and Geno asked about the kids constantly.

But Pumpkin wasn’t easily convinced: ‘I don’t believe a word mama’s saying. There’s no way that Geno didn’t want to sell that house.

‘I feel like Geno filled mama’s head up with a bunch of s*** for her to say to me, so that he could be made out to be “the good guy.” But listen here, we already know your game, Geno.’

June went on to admit that they were doing ‘a couple ounces [of meth] a day’: ‘Our habit was $2500 a day, if not more.’  

But she added: ‘For the past couple months, we’ve been, I would say 90% good. If this was four or five months ago, I would have been high as f*** when I came up in here.’ 

Pumpkin then asked why she’s still with Geno, the way he treats her, to which she responded: ‘I promise you he’s never laid a hand on me. I don’t care what anybody’s told you.’   

June also said she didn’t remember calling the cops on Geno when he threatened to kill her.

Pumpkin brought up how difficult it was to have to raise her teenage sister, especially with Jennifer and Sugar Bear fighting for custody.     

She also told Mama June she should have pled guilty in her recent trial: ‘You have to understand too that we can’t continue to come around and you not suffer any consequences.’ 

June responded: ‘I don’t think forever I should have to suffer. If you want to try to make this work, I’m willing to do whatever the f*** it takes. How do you not see that I’m begging?’

Her daughter then laid out some demands, telling June if she wants to see her family, she has to get a working phone, take a weekly drug test and do an inpatient rehab program.

The last part was where June drew the line: ‘To me, inpatient is not something that I’m willing to do, because I don’t want to be cut off from everything. You can’t talk to somebody for two weeks. You can’t do this, you can’t do that.’ 

‘But I’m willing to do an outpatient thing,’ she offered, which turned out to be a compromise Pumpkin was willing to make.

She told her mom: ‘Literally, I’m not asking you to take giant f***ing leaps. What I’m telling you is, it’s either these three things or nothing at all… I mean, you don’t skip a f***ing day. It shows Alana that mama’s taking the effort and wants us around again.’ 

June enthusiastically agreed to do a drug test on the spot, even offering Pumpkin to go into the bathroom with her.  

They shared a laugh as she peed on her hand, as Pumpkin said in a confessional: ‘This is the mama that I miss, the person we all used to crack jokes with. You’d always have a good time when you were around her. And that’s what I miss. 

‘I don’t miss the shady “lemme go hide out in Alabama and get arrested” type June. I miss this mama.’

Dr. Ish soon came back with the test results, which were positive for cocaine, even though she said she hadn’t used in three months.

June broke out into tears, swearing up and down that she wasn’t using, as her daughter comforted her.

The doctor told her it could be a false positive if she’d taken Sudafed recently, and June offered to take a blood test. 

Pumpkin said: ‘I really thought that I was gonna be mad if mama’s drug test came back positive. But mama’s reaction is showing me that she’s basically crying for help.

‘I wanna be there for her, and I want her to be part of the kids’ lives. So, I’m willing to give it another chance.’

Although everyone seemed content with moving forward and getting June help, Pumpkin was worried that she wouldn’t follow through if she was able to go back home to Geno after her outpatient program.

After her reunion with Mama June, Pumpkin took husband Josh, daughter Ella and sister Alana to dinner with Aunt Doe Doe and cousin Amber.

She filled Doe Doe in on the one-on-one, but admitted that she hadn’t told Alana yet, because she didn’t want to set her up for disappointment.  

Amber ultimately spilled the beans at dinner when she asked Pumpkin how the meeting went. 

Alana seemed confused and upset to be left in the dark, but Pumpkin explained she didn’t want to get her hopes up, filling her in on everything.      

The Toddlers & Tiaras star said in her confessional: ‘In my perfect scenario, it would be her actually going to rehab, and then she’d come home, and we’d all just go back to how we was before.’

Three days after their reunion, Mama June’s drug test came back from the lab, showing she tested negative for cocaine, but positive for a ‘dangerous amount’ of over-the-counter cough medicine. 

After June called the rehab center, Pumpkin agreed to drive her to her first day in the program. 

She told her mom she was worried about her going back to Geno after outpatient, but June didn’t want to go to inpatient, where she wouldn’t feel like she had her freedom.

June acted very casual about the program, which made Pumpkin worried she thought it was all a joke: ‘I need mama to take this whole rehab thing very seriously. Because it’s either you do this or you won’t see us again, and I’m done.’

When they arrived at the treatment center, they filled in the drug counselors on their situation, and the professionals told her she needs to cut out bad influences, which Pumpkin said includes Geno.

As June went to meet with her therapist, Pumpkin stepped outside to call Dr. Ish with an update, telling him she doesn’t seem to be taking it seriously and only appears to be pleasing the court, not doing it for her family. 

‘She’s still thinking like a drug addict,’ the doctor told her, urging her to be patient and assuring her she’ll begin to have ‘sober thoughts’ again.

While meeting with her therapist, June admitted she still uses Xanax for anxiety, which was ‘street medicated’ as her medication lapsed.

The therapist told her that anxiety and lack of sleep are triggers, and her current routine will push her back to using.

June then defended Geno once again, telling her that he only drinks beer, and not even every day. 

Her therapist clarified that Geno has relapsed, since he’s using ‘any type of mind or mood altering substance.’ 

Mama June ultimately appeared ready to do the work, as she wanted to prove to her kids that she’s not as bad as she’s made out to be.