Matthew Perry describes his battle with addiction in his new memoir

Matthew Perry is “safely sober” and able to inform his story.

The Friends star, who performed the lovable Chandler Bing on the present, has written a memoir referred to as Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing, which is about for launch in each the US and Australia on November 1. In it, he tells the story of his life and addictions, saying he is lastly in a spot to speak about it.

“I wanted to share when I was safe from going into the dark side of everything again,” Perry tells People of the ebook.

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Matthew Perry poses at a photocall for "The End Of Longing", a new play which he wrote and stars in at The Playhouse Theatre, on February 8, 2016 in London, England. — Matthew Perry says he is “safely sober” and able to inform his story after nearly dying in his battle with addiction. (Getty)

“I had to wait until I was pretty safely sober – and away from the active disease of alcoholism and addiction – to write it all down. And the main thing was, I was pretty certain that it would help people.”

Perry reveals in the ebook that because of addiction, he almost died at age 49 when his colon burst from opioid overuse. He was in a coma for 2 weeks and spent 5 months in the hospital.

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“The doctors told my family that I had a 2 percent chance to live,” Perry mentioned.

“I was put on a thing called an ECMO machine, which does all the breathing for your heart and your lungs. And that’s called a Hail Mary. No one survives that.”

This cover image released by Flatiron shows "Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing" by Matthew Perry — Perry reveals in the ebook that because of addiction, he almost died at age 49 when his colon burst from opioid overuse (Flatiron by way of AP)

Matthew Perry on the cover of People magazine — Matthew Perry seems on the duvet of People journal sharing his story, admitting he went to rehab 15 instances. (Twitter/People)

He additionally particulars his alcohol addiction throughout Friends.

“I could handle it, kind of. But by the time I was 34, I was really entrenched in a lot of trouble,” Perry advised the publication, including that he was sober throughout Season 9.

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He mentioned of his castmates: “It’s like penguins. Penguins, in nature, when one is sick, or when one is very injured, the other penguins surround it and prop it up.

“They stroll round it till that penguin can stroll by itself. That’s type of what the solid did for me.”

Perry admits to going to rehab 15 times and that he’s “fairly wholesome now.”

Matthew Perry (far left) praised his Friends co-stars (L-R) Matt LeBlanc, Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, David Schwimmer and Lisa Kudrow. (Getty)

“What I’m most shocked with is my resilience,” he said.

“The means that I can bounce again from all of this torture and awfulness. Wanting to inform the story, although it is a bit of scary to inform all of your secrets and techniques in a ebook, I did not go away something out. Everything’s in there.”

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