I will likely be there for you: How Matthew Perry helps individuals affected by dependancy even after his demise

Actor Matthew Perry had lengthy needed to assist addicts as he had confronted related struggles with substance abuse throughout his life. Interestingly, the Friends star was planning to create a basis earlier than his sudden demise on the early age of 54 years.

Friends of Perry are launching a basis within the actor’s title titled The Matthew Perry Foundation, in a bid to assist these affected by dependancy, in line with a report by TMZ.

Perry’s struggles with dependancy

Notably, Perry suffered for lengthy from his dependancy to consuming and Vicodin. His consuming dependancy was revealed to his Friends co-stars through the filming of the present and Jennifer Aniston had even confronted him for a similar.

Talking about his darkish part, Perry revealed that at one stage he was taking 55 Vicodin a day and his weight got here all the way down to solely 128 kilos.

“I didn’t know how to stop. If the police came over to my house and said, ‘If you drink tonight, we’re going to take you to jail,’ I’d start packing. I couldn’t stop because the disease and the addiction is progressive. So it gets worse and worse as you grow older,” mentioned Perry as quoted by People.

Due to his dependancy struggles, Perry suffered a life threatening well being concern on the age of 49 years. Due to opioid overuse, his colon had burst and he was in coma for 2 weeks.

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Perry’s position in Friends

In the well-known TV sequence Friends, Perry reprised the character of Chandler Bing. As Chandler Bing, he was well-known for his one-liners and sharp humour. His co-stars included Aniston, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer, Courteney Cox and Matt LeBlanc.

In a 2022 interview with podcaster Tom Power, Perry had shared that each time he dies, he will not need to remembered for his Friends position however reasonably for his efforts to assist dependancy victims. He mentioned, “When I die, I don’t want ‘Friends’ to be the first thing that’s mentioned. I want that (efforts to help addicts) to be the first thing that’s mentioned. And I’m going to live the rest of my life proving that.”