Matthew Perry

Matthew Perry said his colostomy helped him kick his drug addiction because he never wanted to be on a colostomy bag again.

Why was I the one that survived? I was put on an ECMO machine, which does all the breathing for your heart and your lungs,” he shared. “My dad was right next to me and we were holding hands and I was praying when it started, which is something I rarely did. “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. “That’s the time I really came close to my life ending. “It was this bright yellow object that became all-encompassing.

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. 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. But in about a year you can reverse that.' It was pretty hellish having one because they break all the time." Why was I the one that survived? "That's the time I really came close to my life ending.

Matthew Perry tells PEOPLE about his addiction and the support systems that helped him and I reflect on how it relates to my own experience with my ...

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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.

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.

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 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).”

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“And a little window opened and I crawled through it, and I no longer want Oxycontin anymore.” “I didn’t know how to stop,” Perry said. “I was put on a thing called an ECMO machine, which does all the breathing for your heart and your lungs.

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.

When Perry was first cast on Friends at age 24, his alcohol addiction was just starting to surface. "I could handle it, kind of. But by the time I was 34, I was ...

"I say in the book that if I did die, it would shock people, but it wouldn't surprise anybody. But it's also a story "that's filled with hope," he adds. "And a little window opened and I crawled through it and I no longer want Oxycontin anymore." "All I have to do is look down." "There were five people put on an ECMO machine that night and the other four died and I survived," he says. Wanting to tell the story, even though it's a little scary to tell all your secrets in a book, I didn't leave anything out. "It's important, but if you lose your sobriety, it doesn't mean you lose all that time and education," he says. And the main thing was, I was pretty certain that it would help people." "But there were years that I was sober during that time. 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. So it gets worse and worse as you grow older."

Matthew Perry is “grateful to be alive,” opening up about his decades-long struggle with addiction in his new memoir, Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible ...

I say in the book that if I did die, it would shock people, but it wouldn't surprise anybody. “It's important, but if you lose your sobriety, it doesn't mean you lose all that time and education,” he said. He shared that when he was first admitted to the hospital, “the doctors told my family that I had a 2 percent chance to live. Season 9 was the year that I was sober the whole way through. Penguins, in nature, when one is sick, or when one is very injured, the other penguins surround it and prop it up. And the main thing was, I was pretty certain that it would help people.” “But there were years that I was sober during that time. But by the time I was 34, I was really entrenched in a lot of trouble,” he confessed. I was put on a thing called an ECMO machine, which does all the breathing for your heart and your lungs. The actor spent two weeks in a coma, five months in the hospital, and had to use a colostomy bag for the next nine months. While he publicly acknowledged that he was suffering from a gastrointestinal perforation, he was actually fighting for his life at the time after his colon burst from opioid overuse. In the book, Perry reveals that a few years ago, at the age of 49, he almost died.

The 'Friends' actor, added he was “burned” badly in romances by partners who were only after his money. He told People on Wednesday (20.10.22) ahead of the ...

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.