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Matthew Perry opens former home to recovering addicts

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Press Trust of India Los Angeles
'Friends' star Matthew Perry, who battled addictions for more than a decade, is now sober and wants to help others struggling with drug dependence.

The 43-year-old actor has opened up his four-bedroom Malibu home to men who need help, offering them a place to get clean.

Perry, who no longer lives at the residence, has worked with interventionist and addiction specialist Earl Hightower to convert the home to a full sober-living center called Perry House, which offers meditation programs and a 12-step workshop, reported People magazine.

"When I die, I'd like 'Friends' to be listed behind helping people," Perry said.
 

Perry also opened about his own past problems and explained that his personal low hit at a time the public thought he was living through an all-time high.

"I was on 'Friends' from age 24 to 34. I was in the white-hot flame of fame. The six of us were just everywhere all the time. 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.

Perry faced other additions too, including prescription pain pills.

"I was never high at work. I was painfully, painfully hung over. Then eventually things got so bad I couldn't hide it, and then everybody knew," he added.

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First Published: Jul 03 2013 | 3:10 PM IST

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