Matthew Perry has opened up about his battle with addiction confessing getting sober cost him $9 million.
The Friends star talked about his struggle to get sober in a recent interview with The New York Times in order to promote his forthcoming book Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing.
Matthew, 53, admitted that fighting his addiction woes led to him shelling out a jaw-dropping seven-figure sum as he fought to overcome his demons.
He said: "I've probably spent $9 million or something trying to get sober."
Matthew then pointed out that's had celebrated the 18-month sobriety milestone recently – meaning he was newly sober when he appeared on the Friends Reunion TV special in May 2021.
The popular actor has already revealed details of his road to recovery when he told People magazine how he had a near-death experience and ended up hospitalised with a colostomy bag.
Plugging the book he told the publication: "Everything starts with sobriety. Because if you don't have sobriety, you're going to lose everything that you put in front of it, so my sobriety is right up there.
"I'm an extremely grateful guy. I'm grateful to be alive, that's for sure. And that gives me the possibility to do anything."
He then went into further detail about how he almost died after his colon burst, leading to him spending five months in hospital with the medical device.
Matthew admitted that going through the terrifying ordeal was the push he needed to get his life in order and finally get himself sober.
He said: "My therapist said, 'The next time you think about taking OxyContin, just think about having a colostomy bag for the rest of your life,' and a little window opened, and I crawled through it, and I no longer want OxyContin."
Matthew has already praised his Friends co-stars for helping him to get through the down points in his life, confessing that at one point during filming for the iconic NBC sitcom, which ran for 10 seasons between 1994 - 2004.
He starred as loveable Chandler Bing in every season of the show alongside Jennifer Aniston as Rachel Green, Courteney Cox as Monica Gellar, Lisa Kudrow as Phoebe Buffay, David Schwimmer as Ross Gellar and Matt LeBlanc as Joey Tribbiani.
Matthew said: "They were understanding, and they were patient. It's like penguins. In nature, when one is sick or very injured, the other penguins surround it and prop it up and walk around until that penguin can walk on its own. And that's kind of what the cast did for me."
Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing is available November 1.
