Posted on 10/28/2022 8:31:11 AM PDT by DallasBiff
Matthew Perry’s battle with addiction didn’t only nearly cost him his life — it came with a staggering price tag, too.
“I’ve probably spent $9 million or something trying to get sober,” the “Friends” star admitted to The New York Times in an interview about his upcoming memoir detailing his harrowing near-death struggle.
By the time he almost died at the age of just 49, Perry also realized he had spent more than half his life in treatment centers or sober living facilities, he said.
His life as “a drug addict” — which he insists in the book is proof “there is a hell” — also cost him his dream of marriage and a family, he said.
“I think I’d be a great father,” he poignantly told the Times
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Exactly, his recovery seems like a big publicity stunt, with no hint of humility.
They ain’t making any money from me. Never seen the show, and not interested. Just saw the headline about another hollywood ‘star’ that wrecked or about wrecked his life.
My dad was an excellent horseman, pilot, farmer, and father. But one thing he didn’t do much of after leaving the hills of NW PA as an 18 yr old was dropping trees and splitting wood. As a young teen at the local county fair in NW IL, I stood and watched a big muscular 20 something try to win his girlfriend a prize at the bell ringer tower, where you swing a big wooden mallet. He just couldn’t quite do it.
My dad was tall (6’2”), but only about 185. He walked up and dinged that bell with his first swing; made it look easy. The young girlfriend turned and looked at her boyfriend, and he just gave a puzzled look and shrugged his shoulders. Dad walked up to him, and said, “It’s more about technique than muscle”.
I remember walking by a few minutes later, and that big dude was STILL trying to ring that bell.
Personally, I think I could handle riches without disowning the Lord.
From "If I were a Rich Man"
"Oh, Lord, you made many, many poor people
I realize, of course, it's no shame to be poor
But it's no great honor either!
So, what would have been so terrible if I had a small fortune?"
The guy hasn't had a career in twenty years. He blew all of his Friends money on dope and his best acting years are behind him.
Plus, you're the one who posted the article, giving him exposure.
And it is a pathetic way to get exposure. That was my point.
more like whats with these people telling the whole world their business? Why? To sell the book?
Ummmm, your sarcastic, or ignorant, take is not exactly how recovery works. And, yes some people spend millions trying to learn different behaviors.
Il drink to that
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What an idiot - you can get sober for a dollar a day.
Opioids will stop you up like Quik-reet. You better be taking stool softeners 1:1 with every pain killer or your sh!t will be impacted in about 2 weeks.
I posted it, because, it shows Hollywood's self-absorption and trying to make a buck.
They were self destructive before “having it all”
My experience as a drunk is this I have to act my way into right thinking that becomes a habit.
I can go to “treatment centers” listen to others and feel good about what I hear sort of the phony way I lived when I went to church and sinned like hell afterwards.
But my program of recovery is ultimately a program of action a split second in the moment decision not to intoxicate myself again.
A decision repeated over and over again until it sticks.
Don’t even need high doses in some cases. Not everyone can take opioids in standard doses.
Thank you for your post. It can apply to other temptations also.
Indeed I believe in a “universal definition” of “drunk” some see that as watering down the notion of “addiction” but for me I take seriously the wide varieties of “intoxication” out there.
I have to build and maintain morale by sharing my team’s successes at work whereas I am only faced with torrential negativity from above. It’s hard not to be depressed when that’s the case. It’s worse when that pattern is not in keeping with the job’s core values. They can’t keep people and can’t figure out why. It’s not always about the money. There’s a point where compensation isn’t high enough. Going the extra mile is fine in a crisis moment but that can’t be the status quo. The stress is too high and it promotes burnout. They fuss at me about bonus potential but have totally missed the plot. Once you’ve pushed people to the point it is effecting their health you’ve lost. Money is not the answer there. Fixing the broken system is the only solution.
“What good is your reward if you aren’t around to use it?”
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