Matthew Perry spent $9 million 'trying to get sober' as 'Friends' star details public battle with addiction
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Matthew Perry said he spent "probably $9 million trying to get sober" while battling a substance abuse addiction to both drugs and alcohol for decades.
The "Friends" star, who began portraying Chandler Bing on the popular sitcom when he was only 24 years old, discussed his decades-long battle with drinking and drugs in his first memoir set to be released Nov. 1, "Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing." Tracy Wright is an entertainment writer for Fox News Digital. Send story tips to tracy.wright@fox.com.
"I would fake back injuries. I would fake migraine headaches. I had eight doctors going at the same time," Perry said. "I would wake up and have to get 55 Vicodin that day, and figure out how to do it. When you’re a drug addict, it’s all math. I go to this place, and I need to take three. And then I go to this place, and I’m going to take five because I’m going to be there longer."
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