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

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Warning:
This
story
contains
content
relating
to
suicidal
thoughts.


Mary
Cosby

continues
to
struggle
with
her
son

Robert
Jr.
‘s
substance
abuse.

After
first
confronting
the
21-year-old
about
his
drug
problems
in
a
hreat-breaking
sit-down
during


The
Real
Housewives
of
Salt
Lake
City
‘s
Nov.
27
episode,
the
pastor
finally
confided
in
costar

Angie
Katsanevas

about
her
personal
family
problems.

“He
just
told
me
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
then
revealed
to
Angie
the
list
of
narcotics
that
Robert
Jr.
had
used
included
heroin,
Xanax
and
acid
and
recounted
him
telling
her, “And
then
I
started
trying
other
stuff
and
then
I
tried
other
stuff.
And
then
at
some
point
he
said
it
almost
became
an
addiction.”

“I
said ‘not
almost,'”
Mary
continued, “and
he’s
like ‘yeah.
yeah,
it’s
addiction,
mom.'”

But
the
tragic
revelations
didn’t
stop
there.

“He
says, ‘Mom,
at
one
point,
I
didn’t
want
to
live,'”
Mary
recalled, “‘and
you
were
the
reason
I
stayed
alive.
At
one
point
he
was
like, ‘Mom,
I
felt
like
a
stain.'”

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