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Matthew Perry continues to share candid moments from his long road to sobriety and the struggle he endured while yo-yoing between Vicodin and alcoholism on NBC’s Friends.
In an excerpt from his new book “Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing,” Perry says his covert behavior when it comes to alcohol isn’t so secret, with co-star Jennifer Aniston visiting his trailer. I am talking about what I noticed.
“‘I know you’re drinking,’ she said,” Perry, now 53, wrote in her memoir. Times of London.
“Ever since she started dating Brad Pitt, I’ve been fine, but I forgot about her a long time ago. I tried not to be embarrassed to see her for any amount of time. But still, it was devastating to face Jennifer Aniston. And I was confused,” he continued.
“‘How do you know?’ I said.
Elsewhere in the excerpt, Perry notes how he “never” was elated or drunk (although he “certainly worked with a hangover”), and that his castmates’ Thanks to that, he said, he was able to function primarily as part of the hugely successful “Friends” ensemble…and how they “grouped together.” [him] and props [him] Like an injured penguin being held up by another penguin.
“I was an injured penguin, but I was determined not to ruin this show with these wonderful people,” he wrote.
But that day, in Perry’s trailer, Aniston made it very clear that he wasn’t getting away with anything.
“We can smell it.
“‘I know I’m drinking too much,’ I said. ‘But I don’t really know what to do.'”
The ‘Whole Nine Yards’ star also reveals in a new book how his weight fluctuated wildly because the pills made him sick and reduced his appetite, and alcohol made him bloated. is also explained.
“Weighing myself seasonally allows me to follow the trajectory of my addiction. When I’m overweight, it’s alcohol. When I’m thin, it’s pills. When I have a beard.” , is a lot of pills.
Perry referenced specific points in the hit show’s 10-season run to let readers know what was going on with the addiction at the time.
“By the end of season 3, I was spending most of my time figuring out how to get 55 Vicodin a day. It was a full-time job: making phone calls, seeing a doctor, feigning a migraine, and finding a crooked nurse to give me what I needed,” Perry wrote. rice field.
actor recently said Now that he’s safe on the other side of his addiction, he’s finally ready to share his experience.
“I wanted to share when I didn’t fall back to the dark side of everything,” Perry told People in the Book. I had to wait until it was completely safe and sober, and the important thing was that I was pretty sure it would help people.”
Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing by Matthew Perry will be published by Headline on November 1st.