Matthew Perry has never seen an episode of Friends—and he doesn't want to be remembered for the hit show
Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir.
For Matthew—or Matty, as his closest pals call him—the “terrible thing” is addiction, a struggle that has consumed the formerstar’s life for nearly 40 years. Last week, in a raw and emotional Hot Docs Author Talks discussion moderated by the CBC’s Tom Power, Perry detailed his journey with substance abuse , fame and recovery.
To cure the Ottawa-raised actor’s colic when he was a newborn, doctors prescribed him the barbiturate phenobarbital . As directed, his parents gave him the drug for 30 days. Though he does not shame his parents for this decision, particularly because they didn’t know the full effects of the drug in 1969, he does believe it had a permanent impact on his sleep, as insomnia is a known symptom of phenobarbital withdrawal.His first experience drinking alcohol was when he was a young teen.
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