![]() ![]() Can you help me?’ I can say, ‘Yes, I can help you.'” “The thing that I’m most proud of in my life is that if a stranger came up to me and said, ‘I can’t stop drinking. Perry is now on the road to recovery, and works with addiction specialists and government officials to reform America’s drug laws, even offering up his posh Malibu, California home as a sober living facility to fellow addicts. Everybody in the bar would go, ‘You can’t do that! I just read that you can’t do that! I can’t (give you a drink), you can’t (drink).” He told ABC News, “It (the coverage) actually ultimately helped me because I couldn’t just walk into a bar (and ask for a drink). He’s said this is because fans were more than willing to help the actor get clean and kept him in line while he was out on the town. There was constant media coverage of his addiction throughout the entire ordealĪnd even though Perry admits the constant media coverage was overwhelming at times, it actually played a huge role in helping him to get sober and stay sober, believe it or not. Perry than returned to rehab for an “undisclosed illness” in 2001, following a trip in 1997. The weight fluctuations were actually caused by pancreatitis which is an effect of heavy drinking. The rumors ran rampant at this point that Matthew Perry had an eating disorder due to the weight fluctuations he was having. Eventually the drug abuse began to take its toll on his body. In 2002, Matthew Perry told People magazine that at the lowest points of his addiction to painkillers and alcohol he would take 20 to 30 Vicodin pills and drink about a “quart of vodka a day.” Matthew Perry’s addiction started when he was prescribed Vicodin for a wisdom tooth extraction. Matthew Perry’s ideal life came at a high price for him it resulted in an addiction to alcohol and the narcotic painkiller, so many of us have heard of before, Vicodin. It really goes to show that addiction can happen to anyone even if they have what many of us find an “ideal” life. He had a multimillion dollar salary on the hit television show ‘Friends’ and had numerous offers for feature films and endorsements. Matthew Perry was in his early 30’s around that time and was at the height of his career. Matthew Perry was battling and suffering with a serious addiction to alcohol and painkillers. As we all sat and watched the lighthearted show about friends and love that we related to so much little did we know what was going on the behind scenes. Matthew Perry is probably better known as the comedic character on the show ‘Friends,’ Chandler Bing. Matthew Perry’s Road to Recovery from Alcohol and Drug Abuse
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