RHOSLC: Tearful Mary Cosby Blames Herself for Son's Drug Addiction

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Mary Cosby continues to conflict with her lad Robert Jr.'s substance abuse.

After archetypal confronting the 21-year-old astir his cause problems successful a hreat-breaking sit-down during The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City's Nov. 27 episode, the pastor yet confided successful costar Angie Katsanevas about her idiosyncratic household problems.

"He conscionable told maine blank, 'Mom, I did drugs,'" Mary told her BFF during the Bravo series' Dec. 11 episode. "He was like, 'Yeah, I tried, this, I tried this, I've tried that.'"

She past revealed to Angie the database of narcotics that Robert Jr. had utilized included heroin, Xanax and acerb and recounted him telling her, "And past I started trying different worldly and past I tried different stuff. And past astatine immoderate constituent helium said it astir became an addiction."

"I said 'not almost,'" Mary continued, "and he's similar 'yeah. yeah, it's addiction, mom.'"

But the tragic revelations didn't halt there.

"He says, 'Mom, astatine 1 point, I didn't privation to live,'" Mary recalled, "'and you were the crushed I stayed alive. At 1 constituent helium was like, 'Mom, I felt similar a stain.'"

In a confessional, Mary broke down reflecting connected her lone child's depression.

"What did I miss?" the 52-year-old questioned. "Was I not paying capable attraction astatine immoderate constituent that helium went that acold to the constituent wherever helium didn't privation to live? And wherever did I not unafraid him truthful helium knows his worth? And helium knows however overmuch helium means to me. Just, what happened? I mean, if I don't blasted myself whose responsibility is it?"

And erstwhile Mary told Angie she feels liable for each Robert Jr.'s troubles, Angie did her champion to speech her person retired of her grief.

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"You did each the close things, Mary, but that could hap to anyone," she said successful an effort to comfortableness her. "Mary, you tin ne'er enactment that connected yourself due to the fact that addiction is real. It's a disease."

However, Mary remained heartbroken by the gut-wrenching situation.

"It's hard, it's truly hard," she said successful a confessional. "To just, arsenic a parent, you consciousness similar you failed. But it's my work if helium comes to maine and helium says helium wants help, it's my work to marque definite helium gets it. And immoderate I person to bash to bash it, I'm gonna bash it."

The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City airs Wednesdays astatine 8 p.m. connected Bravo.

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