TY - BOOK AU - Perry,Matthew TI - Friends, lovers, and the big terrible thing: a memoir SN - 9798885783866 (large print ; PY - 2022/// CY - Waterville, ME PB - Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company KW - Perry, Matthew, KW - Friends (Television program) KW - Actors KW - United States KW - Biography KW - Addicts KW - Substance abuse KW - Large print books KW - lcgft KW - Autobiographies KW - Biographies N1 - "Thorndike Press large print basic."; Foreword / by Lisa Kudrow -- Prologue -- The view -- Interlude : New York -- Another generation shot to hell -- Interlude : Matman -- Baggage -- Interlude : Dead -- Like I've been there before -- Interlude : Zoom -- No fourth wall -- Interlude : Holes -- Bruce Willis -- Interlude : All heaven breaking loose -- The benefit of Friends -- Interlude : Pockets -- Odyssey -- Interlude : Trauma camp -- Three's not company, three ruins everything -- Interlude : Violence in Hollywood -- The big terrible thing -- Interlude : The smoking section -- Batman N2 - Perry takes readers behind the scenes of the sitcom Friends-- and into his struggles with addiction. Vividly detailing his lifelong battle with alcoholism and drugs, he examines what fueled it despite seemingly having it all: the desire for recognition that drove him, the void inside him that could not be filled, and the peace he's found in sobriety. -- adapted from back cover ER -