I know, I know, Matthew Perry is tired of that cadence but I just couldn't help myself.
I pre-ordered this book as soon as it was announced. As a die hard Friends fan, I knew I needed Matthew Perry's book in my life. But if you're looking for a celebrity tell all, this is not the book. While Hollywood has been such a big part of his life, there was always something bigger. He calls it "the big terrible thing," but the rest of the world knows it's his lifelong battle with addiction.
What I enjoyed about this book was the honesty. He didn't shy away from the fact that he had everything, literally everything. The biggest television show on the planet, the biggest movie, the best life that money could buy but that didn't stop him from wanting to escape. An escape that he could only find through drugs an alcohol. Addiction is no joke and it was absolutely heartbreaking when he joked about how this disease is going to kill him.
I went into this knowing that he wasn't going to be sharing fun antidotes from his time on set. I knew he wasn't going to be the fun loving version of Chandler Bing that we all know and love. But I wasn't prepared for the absolute terror that he endured while trying to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
He mentions hoping that his story will bring addiction into a different light and hopefully it will help others get clean and stay clean. He's one of the lucky ones who actually made it through.
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