Leah's return to drinking in S12 after 9 years of sobriety is... dark
First-time watcher here, and watching S12E9 where the girls go to Newport, RI. The staff was offering vodka lemonades at the door, and I knew it'd be all downhill from there for Leah. She always said she wasn't an alcoholic, but CLEARLY is. Her mother's severe displeasure with her breaking sobriety now makes total sense... I thought it was extreme at first - that her mom wasn't talking to her after finding out about her drinking - but now, I totally get it. Seeing someone (in my opinion) relapse is really, really sad, especially after all the Luann stuff/attention. Her outlash in Newport (throwing the resort's chairs, trying to tear down the drapery, screaming, laying out across the lawn, crying, etc.) isn't all that different from Sonja/Luann/some of the other girls, but the fact that it comes off the back of so many years of sobriety is really sad in my opinion.