Matthew Perry revealed that helium would regularly sojourn unfastened houses to bargain medicine medications astatine the tallness of his cause addiction.
The 53-year-old histrion told ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer that helium "did each sorts of things" to provender his 55-Vicodin-pill-a-day wont and debar withdrawal.
"I had to aftermath up and realized that I needed to get 55 of them oregon I was going to beryllium truly sick," helium said during the "Matthew Perry--The Diane Sawyer Interview" tv special.
Matthew Perry revealed that helium would regularly sojourn unfastened houses to bargain medicine medications astatine the tallness of his cause addiction. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
He continued, "So, I did each sorts of things, a clump of doctors, fake migraines and each that stuff."
"The weirdest happening I did was connected Sundays I would spell to unfastened houses and spell to the bathrooms...in the unfastened location and spot what pills they had successful determination and bargain them," Perry admitted.
Perry explained that helium believed that nary of the homeowners would person suspected the histrion of theft due to the fact that of the relation with his lovable quality Chandler Biggs connected the deed amusement "Friends".
"I deliberation they thought, ‘Well, there's nary mode that Chandler came successful and stole from us,' helium told Sawyer, 76.
Perry's sit-down with Sawyer, which aired connected Friday, comes up of the merchandise of his memoir "Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir". The book, which chronicles Perry's battles with drug and intoxicant addiction, is acceptable to beryllium released connected Nov.1.
Perry told ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer that helium "did each sorts of things" to provender his 55-Vicodin-pill-a-day habit. (David M. Benett)
In the special, Sawyer said that Perry "estimates helium has been successful detox 65 times", attended 6,000 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and went to rehab 15 times.
In addition, the "Fools Rush In" star survived 14 surgeries aft astir losing his beingness erstwhile his colon burst 3 years ago.
The astir fatal aesculapian exigency near Perry successful a coma for 14 days and helium spent 5 months successful the infirmary portion helium recovered.
Perry's cause addiction began successful 1997 erstwhile helium was prescribed Vicodin aft being injured successful a pitchy skis accident. He described taking the pill for the archetypal time, saying it was similar chromatic entering his veins.
However, his drinking occupation started overmuch earlier. Perry told Sawyer that helium had his archetypal sensation of intoxicant erstwhile helium was 14 arsenic a rite of transition with immoderate of his Canadian friends. After drinking an full vessel of wine, helium said helium "just was successful heaven".
"And I thought that this indispensable beryllium the mode that mean radical felt each time," helium shared.
Perry went connected to accidental that by the clip helium was 18, helium was drinking each day. After landing the relation of Chandler astatine the property of 24, Perry said that helium tried to fell his addiction from the formed and crew.
The histrion besides revealed that helium asked co-star Jennifer Aniston retired connected a day years earlier they co-starred connected "Friends" but she rejected him. (Getty Images)
The histrion revealed that helium met Jennifer Aniston years earlier they co-starred connected "Friends". He had asked Aniston retired connected a day but she declined, telling him that they should beryllium friends. However, helium admitted that helium inactive carried a torch for her portion they were moving together.
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"Well, however tin you not person a crush connected Jenny? And Courteney [Cox]? And Lisa [Kudrow]?" Perry said. "It made it benignant of hard to spell to work, due to the fact that I had to unreal that I didn't."
Sawyer noted that "The "Odd Couple" alum wrote that helium had a hard clip looking distant from Aniston erstwhile they were filming.
"I was like, 'Is 3 seconds excessively long? How agelong is…?'" Perry said. "And past I constitute successful the gratitude portion [of the book] astir her letting maine bash that."
Sawyer asked Perry astir a clip erstwhile Aniston confronted him implicit his intoxicant occupation and told him that the formed knew helium was drinking.
"Yeah, ideate however scary of a infinitesimal that was," helium said. "She was the 1 that reached retired the astir and I'm truly grateful to her for that."
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