At 49 he was one step away from death and At one point he took 55 Vicodin tablets. This was revealed by Matthew Perry, 53, who is best known for his role as Chandler Bing on the TV series Friends. The actor has decided to tell the whole truth about his life in an autobiography titled Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing, out November 1.
“I only wanted to share when I was sure I wouldn’t fall into the dark again – he said in an interview with People, who also dedicated the cover to him -. I had to wait until I was safe and sober Away from the evils of alcoholism and addiction to be able to write.” Years ago, Perry suffered a gastrointestinal rupture. He struggled between life and death for weeks after his intestines ruptured from opioid abuse.
He was in a coma for two weeks and then in a hospital for five months and still attached to a colostomy bag for nine months. He also said that when he was taken to the hospital, family doctors said he had only a 2% chance of survival. “They hooked me up to a machine called ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation, ed.) that breathes for the heart and lungs. She is nicknamed ‘Ave Maria’ because no one survives.”
That has continued to happen When he started at Friends at the age of 24, his alcohol addiction was still in its infancy. “Somehow I managed to do it – he said – at 34 I was really in trouble.” He had periods of sobriety, for example he stayed sober throughout the ninth season (2002-2003) and it was also the year he was nominated for Best Actor. Perry openly admits he’s been to 15 rehabs in addition to 14 stomach surgeries.
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