Lamar Odom back at it with the drinking

Los Angeles - Lamar Odom splashed out $60 on Cognac on Sunday afternoon.

The troubled sportsman, who almost died last October after collapsing in a Nevada brothel, promised estranged wife Khloe Kardashian he would get sober, and following a relapse in March, it seems he still isn't keeping his word as new pictures have surfaced of him drinking.

According to TMZ, the 36-year-old basketball player visited the Beverly Centre with a friend, but while his pal shopped for shoes, Lamar went to a bar within the mall and ordered the same type of booze he had been drinking when he collapsed, spoke with a few women and, after racking up a $60 bill, left.

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Later on Sunday, Lamar was seen telling Khloe's family he had seen heaven after his collapse in the Keeping Up With the Kardashians.

He told Kourtney Kardashian he had had "real in-depth dreams with people who passed on".

Khloe added: "I think he went to heaven from the conversations he has with me."

And the 31-year-old beauty admitted she hoped Lamar would look after himself more following his brush with death.

She said: "I kinda want him to be a little more afraid.

"Bad things can happen if you go back to that life. This is, like, a second chance."