Friends ,Lovers
and the
Big Terrible Thing
An excellent actor ,an interesting author
and a strong-willed man.
应物 222 边奕霖
CONTENTS
0 Author 0 Story
1
BRIEF INTRODUCTION
2
B E H I N D M AT T H E W
0 Struggle 0 Interview
3
WITH DRUGS
4
M AT T H E W P E R RY
Author
01.
BRIEF INTRODUCTION
The author of this book
Matthew Perry:
马修 - 派瑞
Maybe most people do not know his name, but
也许大多数人都不知道他的名字，但几乎所有人都听过《》 Friends ）。没错，马
almost all of us may heard a sitcom called Friends .Yes,
修 - 派瑞（ Matthew Perry ）在《老友记》中扮演钱德勒 - 妙丽 - 宾
Matthew Perry plays Chandler Bing in Friends .Perry was
（ Chandler Muriel Bing ）。马修出生于 1969 年，年轻时的他在网球方
born in 1969 ,when he was young ,he showed great
面表现出了极高的天赋，但他并没有选择成为一名职业球员，而是转行进入了电视行业。
talent in tennis .But he didn’t choose to be a
professional player ,he changed his career to TV shows .
Story
02.
B E H I N D M AT T H E W
The story behind this legendary actor is
这位传奇演员背后的故事虽精彩纷呈，
fantastic but heartbreaking...
但却令人心碎…
1990s 2020s
What made such a handsome guy look like the one on
the right?
Age is not the main
factor ,drug is.
Matthew Perry was favored by the director of
马修 - 《》
Friends and successfully passed the interview of the
并顺利通过了剧组的面试。
crew .Although he got incredible success in
《》
Friends ,he exactly doesn’t want to think of that
但他完全不愿回想起那段岁月。
years .Not because other actors or actresses were
不是因为其他演员的不好，
terrible, just because he was addicted to drugs and his
只是因为他染上了毒瘾，健康状况每况愈下。
health was going down .
Perry didn’t become addicted to drugs by choice. One day, while
派瑞并不是自愿染上毒瘾的。有一天，
filming a movie, he sustained an injury. His doctor prescribed Vicodin
他在拍摄电影时受了伤。医生给他开了维柯丁（扑热息痛）来止痛。
(paracetamol) to manage the pain. After taking the pill, not only did his
服药后，他的疼痛不仅减轻了，
pain subside, but he also experienced a euphoric feeling that led to his
而且还体验到了兴奋的感觉，这导致了他的毒瘾。
addiction. His dependence on Vicodin grew, eventually consuming up
他对维柯丁的依赖与日俱增，最终每天服用多达 55 片，
to 55 pills a day, and his weight dropped to 58 kg as a result.
体重也因此下降到 58 公斤。
I found the comparison picture.
Left picture was shot before his addiction ,but the right
was shot when he was just addicted to drugs.
Struggle
03.
WITH DRUGS
When Perry realized he was addicted to drugs, he sought help from his
当派瑞意识到自己染上毒瘾时，他向家人寻求帮助，
family and went to rehab, successfully quitting for a time. However, the
并去了戒毒所，成功戒毒了一段时间。然而，
pervasive drug abuse in American society led him back into addiction, which
美国社会普遍存在的吸毒现象使他再次染上毒瘾，并险些丧命。
nearly cost him his life. He fell into a coma for a month, with doctors doubting
他昏迷了一个月，医生怀疑他是否能活过今晚，
he would survive the night, but he miraculously awoke after a month in a coma.
但他在昏迷一个月后奇迹般地苏醒了。
After decades of struggling with addiction, Matthew Perry announced in 2021
在与毒瘾抗争了几十年之后，马修 - 派瑞于 2021 年宣布，他决心开始新的生活。
that he was determined to start a new life. But heaven forbid, on October 28,
但天有不测风云， 2023 年 10 月 28 日，马修 - 派瑞被发现溺死在家中的浴缸里。
2023, Matthew Perry was found drowned in the bathtub of his home.
In one of Matthew Perry's interviews in 2021, he said, "I want people to not
马修 - 派瑞在 2021 年的一次采访中说：
just remember me as Chandler Bing from Friends, I want people to remember me
" 《》 - 宾，我希望人们记得我是一个一生都在与毒品斗争的瘾君子。马修 - 佩里希望通过分享自己与毒瘾的斗争，
as an addict who struggled with drugs his whole life." Matthew Perry hoped that by
告诫他人远离毒品。
sharing his battle with addiction, he could warn others to stay away from drugs.
不幸的是，佩里被发现溺死在自家的浴缸里，加州警方的调查结论是，
Tragically, Perry was found drowned in his bathtub, and the California police
他在进入浴缸前服用了抗抑郁药物，
investigation concluded that he had taken antidepressants before entering the
导致溺水身亡。他服用抗抑郁药的原因是由于戒毒造成的心理伤害导致严重抑郁。
bathtub, which led to his drowning. He was taking antidepressants due to severe
depression caused by the psychological damage from his drug withdrawal.
Interview
04.
M AT T H E W P E R RY
In a later interview, Matthew Perry revealed that he had lost all memories
在后来的一次采访中，马修 - 派瑞透露，他已经失去了最初几年吸毒的所有记忆，完全忘记了自己在《老友记》片场的经历。
of his initial years of drug use and had completely forgotten his experiences on
他还提到，他之所以回避去看《老友记》，
the set of Friends. He also mentioned that he avoided watching Friends
是因为他担心这会让他想起生命中最痛苦的日子。
because he feared it would remind him of the most painful days of his life. He
他承认自己害怕孤独，担心自己会失去控制，转而吸毒。
admitted that he was afraid of being alone, worried that he might lose control
他的吸毒经历给他的生活蒙上了一层长长的阴影。
and turn to drugs. His experience with drug addiction cast a long shadow over
his life.
Cherish life and steer clear of drugs.
Let’s watch an interview
Thanks For Your Listening