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Its brave and extraordinary and Im certain that hes helping people by doing it.
Trigger Warning: This piece contains mentions of substance use disorders.Chandler Bing was thriving onFriends.
Hemarried the love of his life,had a lucrative career,and he flawlessly delivered perfectly-timed retorts.
But behind the scenes, actorMatthew Perry suffered from addiction.
The 53-year-old recounts how close he came to dying in 2018.
Hiscolon burst from opiate overuseand was in a coma for two weeks.
And oneFriendsco-stars recently shared her thoughts on the book.
Im so proud of Matthew and how hard hes fought for his life.
Friendsaired from 1994 to 2004 and Perrydoesnt remember three years of filming the show.
He stilltried to hide his disease from the cast, however, before hisco-star Jennifer Aniston confronted him.
He also writes that there is, however, a glaring tell for viewers his weight.
you might track the trajectory for my addiction if you gauge my weight from season to season.
When Im carrying weight, its alcohol; when Im skinny, its pills.
When I have agoatee, itslotsof pills, he writes.
We havent spoken since Ive read the book, she said, adding that shes meant to.
source: www.bustle.com
