Perry spoke to Sawyer ahead of the Nov. 1 release of his highly anticipated tell-all, “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir.”
The Emmy winner — who’s been to rehab a total of 15 times — explained that the scars from his dozens of stomach surgeries are “a lot of reminders to stay sober.”
The “Fools Rush In” star said the remark prompted “a little window” to open and that he “crawled through it.” He told the Times he began drinking beer and wine when he was 14, which spiraled into a combination of vodka by the quart, Vicodin, Xanax and OxyContin. He said he drew the line at heroin.In his memoir, Perry writes that immediately after his “Friends” character, Chandler Bing, married Monica Geller during the Season 7 finale, which aired in 2001, he was “can actually tell which drugs he was takingThe actor’s book, “Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing: A Memoir,” is out Nov. 1.
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