Matthew Perry

American actor Matthew Perry, known for playing the role of Chandler Bing in the hit sitcom 'Friends', has spoken up about his addiction journey. According to ...

During his rise to fame, Perry took 55 painkillers a day and slimmed down to 128 pounds. Despite Perry being one of the biggest actors in the '90s, the Hollywood star, then 24, struggled with substance abuse during the peak of his fame. The actor spent two weeks in a coma and five months at the hospital while having to use a colostomy bag for nine months, the outlet noted.

Friends” alum Matthew Perry was looking healthy in Los Angeles just days before he revealed that an opioid addiction nearly killed him.

[“Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing,”](https://people.com/tv/matthew-perry-opens-up-about-addiction-new-memoir/) out Nov. “[And] this is really important, somebody who can have a back and forth with me,” he explained. “I got burned a few times by women who wanted my money, not really caring about me … “I was put on a thing called an ECMO machine, which does all the breathing for your heart and your lungs. And that’s called a Hail Mary. He also had to use a colostomy bag for nine months amid his health crisis.

Matthew Perry discussed his battle with opioids in the most recent edition of People magazine. He developed an alcohol problem in the 1990s when Friends was ...

He was nominated for Best Actor in the same year. His addiction to alcohol began in the 90s during the shooting of Friends. He said that at that time (aged 24), he could kind of "handle it" at that time. He related how, after his colon burst due to an overdose, he spent two months in a coma and five months in the hospital to make a recovery. [Chandler Bing](/topic/chandler-bing). [Matthew Perry](/topic/matthew-perry)discussed his battle with opioids.

Friends alum Matthew Perry shared the harrowing details of his addiction battle, which included being a coma for two weeks: "I woke up and realized I had a ...

Amid his sobriety journey, the actor shared that he is grateful to for his life today. "My therapist said, 'The next time you think about taking OxyContin, just think about having a colostomy bag for the rest of your life,'" he shared. [For the latest breaking news updates, click here to download the E! After being in a coma for two weeks, Perry shared he "woke up and realized I had a colostomy bag," adding, "They said, 'It's all too messy down there. Why was I the one that survived? "That's the time I really came close to my life ending.

By Cara Murez HealthDay Reporter. (HealthDay). THURSDAY, Oct. 20, 2022 (HealthDay News) – Just a few years ago, "Friends" actor Matthew Perry almost died ...

"I say in the book that if I did die, it would shock people, but it wouldn't surprise anybody. "I was put on a thing called an "But there were years that I was sober during that time. And the main thing was, I was pretty certain that it would help people." But no, I'm a pretty healthy guy right now." [ECMO machine](https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/treatment-tests-and-therapies/extracorporeal-membrane-oxygenation), which does all the breathing for your heart and your lungs. So it gets worse and worse as you grow older." "It's important, but if you lose your sobriety, it doesn't mean you lose all that time and education," he says. That's kind of what the cast did for me." But by the time I was 34, I was really entrenched in a lot of trouble," he admits. "Your sober date changes, but that's all that changes. "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.