Matthew Perry stole pills from medicine cabinets at open houses - Insider

• Matthew Perry said helium utilized to bargain pills from unfastened houses erstwhile helium was addicted to drugs.
• The histrion spoke with ABC News' Diane Sawyer astir his erstwhile addiction and recovery.
• Perry said helium utilized to instrumentality 55 Vicodin a time oregon other he'd consciousness "really sick."

Matthew Perry said helium utilized to sojourn unfastened houses to bargain pills from medicine cabinets erstwhile helium was addicted to medicine drugs.

In an interview with ABC News' Diane Sawyer that aired Friday, Perry opened up astir the harrowing details surrounding his erstwhile addiction and recovery. The actor's memoir, "Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing," is acceptable for merchandise connected November 1.

Perry said helium took his archetypal pill aft injuring himself connected a pitchy skis portion filming the romanticist drama "Fools Rush In" successful 1996. He told Sawyer that helium yet took 55 Vicodin a day, a dependency that pushed him to instrumentality pills from different people's homes.

"I conjecture the weirdest happening I did was connected Sundays, I would spell to unfastened houses and spell to the bathrooms and spot what pills they had successful determination and bargain them," Perry said. "And I deliberation they thought, 'Well, there's nary mode that Chandler came successful and stole from us.'"

The erstwhile "Friends" prima besides said helium utilized to fake migraines and acquisition MRIs — adjacent though helium knew "there was thing wrong" successful bid to get medicine medication.

The histrion besides revealed that by 2001, helium consumed Xanax, methadone, and a quart of vodka each day. After filming the romanticist drama "Serving Sara" the aforesaid year, helium had to dub implicit his archetypal dialog successful the movie due to the fact that his code was truthful slurred.

Perry confirmed to Sawyer that he attended 6,000 Alcoholics Anonymous meetings, went to rehab astatine slightest 15 times, and detoxed 65 times during his agelong recovery.

During the interview, Perry shared that he astir died aft his colon burst from opioid use. The histrion revealed helium was successful a coma for 2 weeks and hospitalized for 5 months arsenic a result. In an interrogation with People earlier this period Perry said helium had to usage a colostomy container for 9 months aft the life-threatening experience.

Perry besides told Sawyer that during his archetypal rehabilitation a counsellor affirmed that his addiction wasn't his fault. 

"That was the archetypal clip I realized that each of this insanity wasn't my will, oregon wasn't what I wanted. It was not my fault," helium said.