Thankfully Matthew Perry is managing his addiction, and his candidness has ensured his story has joined the ranks of those that showcase the unflinching reality of life for many people – regardless of how hard they may try to hide it. He wrote about it extensively in his memoir, and you can’t help but feel for him knowing that while he was making millions of viewers around the world smile, he himself was living so precariously close to the edge. Matthew Perry’s treatment for his addiction was happening during the filming of the hit US TV sitcom Friends (1994-2004), with his portrayal of joker Chandler Bing making him a household name alongside the other main protagonists. We’re just people who are trying to feel better, but we have this disease.”
In his memoir, Perry emphasizes that addicts like himself are “not bad people.
Recently in interviews, Perry has stated that he wrote this book to help all addicts who are struggling and facing death, so they can learn from his own experience. Here, Perry finally talks things out and reveals the real problem behind all the agony he was going through. Matthew Perry begins his book by giving us a glimpse of his unhappy childhood: from his parent’s divorce to how he came to drink alcohol for the first time, his addiction to which was “the big terrible thing” that made him suffer and almost killed him. Matthew Perry’s memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, dictates the ups and downs of the actor’s life as he gained huge popularity in the 90s. It’s “The One Where Chandler Tells His Story”.
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