Matthew Perry

Known for his portrayal of the sarcastic Chandler Bing on “Friends,” Matthew Perry is peeling back the curtain on his three-decade addiction struggles in ...

“My hope is that people will relate to it and know this disease attacks everybody,” he said. He once went to the hospital when his colon burst. When I have a goatee, it’s lots of pills,” he writes in his book, which comes out Nov. Perry, 53, was 24 when he landed the role of Chandler, a part he would play for the show’s decade-long run that ended in 2004. “If you gauge my weight from season to season — when I’m carrying weight, it’s alcohol; when I am skinny, it’s pills. “A little bit of the time, I was a little out of it, yeah,” he added.

The actor's biography, Friends, Lovers And The Big Terrible Thing is available from November 1.

But no, I'm a pretty healthy guy right now." And that's called a Hail Mary. I couldn’t stop because the disease and the addiction is progressive. "I was put on a thing called an ECMO machine, which does all the breathing for your heart and your lungs," he told the publication. [READ NEXT - Best new releases on Disney Plus, Prime Video, Apple TV Plus and NOW in October](https://www.buzz.ie/tv/shows-october-prime-disney-apple-28209286) [READ NEXT - Bill Murray film may never be completed as actor faces fresh wave of allegations](https://www.buzz.ie/movies/bill-murray-being-mortal-explained-28255922) [READ NEXT - The Crown: First look photos of Elizabeth Debicki as Princess Diana released](https://www.buzz.ie/tv/the-crown-series-5-diana-28242538) So it gets worse and worse as you grow older.”

The Friends star has opened up about the stark prognosis doctors gave his family after he suffered from a gastrointestinal perforation at the age of 49.

But no, I'm a pretty healthy guy right now." "I'm pretty healthy now. After undergoing 14 surgeries on his stomach, the Friends star is sober and says he is "pretty healthy" now.

As the Friends star preps the release of his new memoir, Matthew Perry is opening up about his struggles with opioids.

Thankfully, Perry had the support of his “understanding” and “patient” co-stars. “I was put on a thing called an ECMO machine, which does all the breathing for your heart and your lungs. “My therapist said, ‘The next time you think about taking Oxycontin, just think about having a colostomy bag for the rest of your life,’” Perry said. “But by the time I was 34, I was really entrenched in a lot of trouble.” At one point during his tenure on Friends, he was 128 pounds and taking 55 Vicodin a day. After his colon burst from opioid abuse, he spent two weeks in a coma and five months in the hospital. When he was 24, Perry had just been cast on Friends, and the actor thought he could “handle” his alcoholism.

Matthew Perry is “safely sober” and ready to tell his story. The “Friends” star, who played the lovable Chandler Bing on the show, has written a memoir ...

“I had to wait until I was pretty safely sober — and away from the active disease of alcoholism and addiction — to write it all down. And the main thing was, I was pretty certain that it would help people.” The “Friends” star, who played the lovable Chandler Bing on the show, has written a memoir called “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing,” which is set for release on Nov.

Matthew Perry revealed he was "burned" so badly by women who were after his money that he eventually felt like everyone he dated was going to "annihilate" ...

However, the couple [called it quits in June 2021](https://pagesix.com/2021/06/01/matthew-perry-and-molly-hurwitz-break-off-engagement/). “I really do,” he added. This is really important, somebody who can have a back and forth with me.” [addiction struggles became so severe that he “nearly died,” ](https://pagesix.com/2022/10/19/matthew-perry-reveals-he-nearly-died-a-few-years-ago/)said he was now confident in his sobriety. [Up Next](https://pagesix.com/2022/10/19/reformation-and-saie-release-beauty-collaboration/) [struggling with addiction](https://pagesix.com/article/matthew-perrys-addiction-struggles-inside-his-long-road-of-recovery-and-relapse/) ahead of the release of his memoir, “ [Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing](https://www.amazon.com/Friends-Lovers-Big-Terrible-Thing-ebook/dp/B09M1RPWWL?tag=pagesix-20&asc_refurl=https://pagesix.com/2022/10/19/matthew-perry-thought-girlfriends-would-annihilate-him/&asc_source=web).”

The actor, 53, says a crippling addiction to opiate OxyContin left him on a life support machine with damaged organs. Advertisement. Matthew - pictured with ...

Back from the brink, Matthew has a new appreciation for life, and wants to help others suffering from addiction. To date, Matthew has had 15 stays in rehab but says he is “pretty healthy now”. Why was I the one? He said: “They were understanding and they were patient. “I couldn’t stop because the disease and the addiction is progressive. Penguins, in nature, when one is sick, or when one is very injured, the other penguins surround it and prop it up. Everything’s in there.” So the big question is why? “But there were years that I was sober during that time. He said: “I could handle it, kind of. “Your sober date changes, but that’s all that changes. Season Nine was the year that I was sober the whole way through.

Matthew Perry is opening up about the time in 2018 when he almost died as a result of his opiates addiction. “I was put on a thing called an ECMO machine, ...

“I was put on a thing called an ECMO machine, which does all the breathing for your heart and your lungs. In the book, Perry discusses being on a hit sitcom while experiencing alcohol and opioid dependencies. Perry is speaking about his addiction issues ahead of the publication of his memoir, Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing.