A necessary expense. Matthew Perry opened up about the cost of battling drug and alcohol addiction for more than half of his life.“I’ve probably spent $9 million or something trying to get sober,” the Friends alum, 53, told the New York Times in an interview published Sunday, October 23.Perry opened up about how he began drinking at age 14 and eventually started using benzodiazepines and opioids, including Vicodin, Xanax and OxyContin.
The Massachusetts native said it’s not only rehab stints that he’s had to pay for but also the medical emergencies caused by his drug use.In 2018, his addiction led to a hospitalization, according to the Times.
Perry suffered from pneumonia and an exploded colon. He had a brief stint on life support, spent two weeks in a coma and nine months with a colostomy bag.
He required more than a dozen stomach surgeries.He opens up about his struggles in his new memoir, titled Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing, where he reveals that he has been sober since early 2021, shortly before the Friends reunion aired that May.It was Perry’s costars who helped him realize he needed help.
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