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"Kim Richards is facing her demons.\r\nIn the third and final installment of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills reunion Monday, the 47-year-old explained her erratic behavior on the Bravo series.\r\n&amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m an alcoholic,&amp;quot; Richards told host Andy Cohen. &amp;quot;I have so much guilt and shame for my behavior and what I did. And then I drank to cover the guilt and shame.&amp;quot;\r\n\r\nRichards completed her third stint in rehab in January. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;m a person that has done it and relapsed and done it. But at least I&amp;apos;m trying,&amp;quot; the former child star said. &amp;quot;I felt off. I just didn&amp;apos;t like me anymore and I couldn&amp;apos;t look at myself in the mirror anymore.&amp;quot;\r\nWatching The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills was too much for Richards to bear.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;When I first started the season, I was still not drinking and you could see my confidence level. And then you could see just from my behavior when I lost my confidence and started drinking,&amp;quot; she said. &amp;quot;I could not watch the show when I saw that behavior coming out of myself because I was so ashamed of what I&amp;apos;d done.&amp;quot;\r\nRichards then agreed to watch footage from one of the final episodes, where she appeared intoxicated while scrounging around for her belongings on the bathroom floor.\r\n\r\n&amp;quot;I don&amp;apos;t know what the heck is going on there, but I felt bad for her,&amp;quot; Richards said. &amp;quot;It&amp;apos;s just sad. The voice wasn&amp;apos;t mine, the mannerisms weren&amp;apos;t mine. It just wasn&amp;apos;t me.&amp;quot;\r\nThe Bravo star is determined to stay sober this time around. &amp;quot;I just really want this,&amp;quot; she explained. &amp;quot;I&amp;apos;ll work really hard for it every day.&amp;quot;"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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