Mary Cosby is providing an replace on how her son is doing after going to rehab for a drug habit.
Partially two of The Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis reunion on Wednesday, Jan. 29, Mary opened up about Robert Jr.’s sobriety journey after he confessed to battling medication and opened up about his psychological well being in an emotional scene earlier this season. He went on to enroll in a 30-day rehab program, and Mary mentioned she is happy with him for sharing his story.
“My mission was achieved,” she mentioned. “Robert and I got here collectively and I informed him that I used to be gonna discuss to him and I needed him to brazenly inform me what was his wrestle, what was occurring, as a result of I [knew] he is absent. We did not plan on what we have been gonna say however we got here collectively and mentioned, ‘If we will help only one particular person, then we’ll simply inform our fact.’ When the cameras went up, he informed me what he did and I simply instantly needed to assist him.”
“The mission was to assist somebody,” she continued. “And I really feel like with the love I have been receiving, somebody resonated, somebody related, somebody understood me.”
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Pondering again to that second, a tearful Mary mentioned she by no means anticipated to listen to her son say the issues he did.
“I did not know that he was doing all that, and the truth that I used to be unaware scared me as a result of he lives in my home,” she mentioned. “We’re so shut, and I simply was shocked.”
When host Andy Cohen, who additionally grew teary-eyed listening to Mary, requested how Robert Jr. responded to rehab and getting clear, she mentioned she made certain the choice was his personal as a result of she knew that if “he doesn’t wish to change, all of it’s no good.”
“He needed to go,” she revealed. “And the best way that he was telling me and opening as much as me, that was a cry of assist. That was him saying, ‘Mother, assist me. I’m drowning, and I do not know if it’s an issue or an habit.’ He was type of in a crossroads. He did not actually know, however no matter it was, he needed to vary.”
Since returning house, Mary says Robert Jr. has been “good,” however the street to restoration continues to be difficult.
“I nonetheless fear as a result of I really feel like when you go to rehab, it’s important to change your pals,” she defined, saying he spends extra time at house and “for probably the most half” isn’t associates with the individuals he used to spend his time round. “He goes to these courses, AA courses, he does these ceaselessly and he has associates he has met from there.”
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Calling him her “the whole lot,” she went on to clarify that though she was heartbroken to find out about Robert Jr’s suicidal ideations and drug use, she was happy with him for being open and trustworthy together with her.
“He’s worthy, you understand. And I need him to imagine that,” Mary cried. “I really feel like we’re our worst critic, we’re actually onerous on ourselves. And I see that via him and that he’s actually onerous, and I simply don’t desire him to be like that, and I want I might change it.”
Reflecting on her personal childhood, Mary mentioned she tried her entire life to present her son the whole lot she didn’t have, even transferring to New York for eight years so he might develop up in “a various ambiance” with “the perfect training.” In some unspecified time in the future, she admitted she felt his struggles have been her fault.
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“I do blame myself,” Mary mentioned. “I really feel like someplace I missed the mark on catching it, however I really feel like everyone has their very own journey, everyone has their very own testimony, everyone has their very own story, and I really feel like that one is for him.”
The Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis airs Wednesdays at 9 p.m. ET on Bravo.
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