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Written By: IANS | Published : July 8, 2013 4:36 PM IST
Actor Matthew Perry, who's best known for playing the sarcastic yet lovable Chandler Bing on popular sitcom Friends recently revealed his substance abuse problems over the years. He battled various addictions to alcohol, Vicodin, methadone and amphetamines during his 10-year stint on TV but he thinks he has has moved and is ready to become a dad now.
'I would love to start a family of my own. I think I'd make a great dad and I think I would make a great husband,' femalefirst.co.uk quoted Perry as saying. The 43-year-old also insisted that acting is no longer as important to him as it was. 'People are always asking me, 'What's next?' There are a few entertainment things I'm discussing but honestly it's gone down in import for me,' said Perry.
Talking about his addiction problem, he said: 'I've had a life of extreme highs and extreme lows. I was in the white hot flame of fame. From an outsider's perspective, it would seem like I had it all. It was actually a very lonely time for me because I was suffering from alcoholism.' He said he had gotten addicted to vicodin (painkiller) after an accident in 1997 and says that drug made him feel better than he had ever felt in his life.
Perry, who had two failed stints in rehab before getting clean, admits he already had a problem with alcohol at the time but when his doctor told him: 'Here, take this (vicodin), I did, and I felt better than I ever felt in my entire life.' 'I had a big problem with pills and alcohol, and I couldn't stop,' People magazine quoted the 43-year-old as saying.
With inputs from IANS
