Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing by @MatthewPerry
Unflinchingly raw and honest memoir. In awe of his courage to authentically share his struggle with addiction, sobriety, and loneliness. This book is also filled with hope of coming out on the other side.
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Unflinchingly raw and honest memoir. In awe of his courage to authentically share his struggle with addiction, sobriety, and loneliness. This book is also filled with hope of coming out on the other side.
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1) There is light in the darkness.
It's there - you just have to look hard enough for it.
It's there - you just have to look hard enough for it.
2) Making people laugh felt like everything.
Of all the drugs, that one is still the most effective, at least when it comes to giving me joy.
Of all the drugs, that one is still the most effective, at least when it comes to giving me joy.
3) It's more powerful to listen than to talk.
Know more, say less!
Know more, say less!
4) Friends had been a safe place, a touchstone of calm for me ♥️
@FriendsTV
@FriendsTV
5) If you're going to blame your parents for the bad stuff,
you also have to give them credit for the good stuff.
you also have to give them credit for the good stuff.
6) No one is more popular at 2AM in a club than a sober guy who says,
"Hi, how are you?" to a woman.
"Hi, how are you?" to a woman.
7) Share compassion and empathy.
8) Find a friend who'll quit something with you - you'll be amazed what that does for a friendship.
9) Someday you, too, might be called upon to do something important, so be ready for it.
And when whatever happens, just think, "what would Batman do?" and do that.
And when whatever happens, just think, "what would Batman do?" and do that.
The riveting story of acclaimed actor Matthew Perry (our Chandler Bing from Friends), taking us along his journey from childhood ambition to fame to addiction and recovery in the aftermath of a life-threatening health scare.
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