Before his death on Saturday, Matthew Perry was outspoken about his struggle with substance abuse, which he fought for nearly a quarter century of his 54 years before becoming completely sober in May 2021. Several media outlets reported that had Perry lived, he would have started a foundation for substance abuse treatment to help those suffering from drug and alcohol addiction.

People reports that even after his death, Perry's friends and loved ones are still hoping to make his dream a reality. Perry had already played a part in helping by establishing a men's sober living facility called Perry House, which he operated from 2013 to 2015 at his former home in Malibu Beach. He said, "The interesting reason I am able to help people now is because I failed so often."

"It's nice for people to see that someone who once struggled in life is no longer struggling.

In his memoir, Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing, published in 2022, Perry was in and out of rehab 15 times, and after a jet ski accident in 1997, he became addicted to Vicodin, at one point taking 55 pills daily! He revealed that at one point he was taking as many as 55 Vicodin pills daily. He also revealed that he spent nearly $10 million trying to get sober over the years, according to Page Six magazine.

At the age of 49, he suffered a near-fatal colon rupture due to opioid overuse. At the time, he spent two weeks in a coma and was hospitalized for five months. 'They put him on ECMO, a machine that does all the breathing for his heart and lungs. It's called Hail Mary. It doesn't save anyone."

He further explained that he was one of five people put on life support that night and that the others did not survive. My therapist said, "Next time you think about taking OxyContin, consider spending the rest of your life in a colostomy bag."

Perry died Saturday at his home in L.A. of an apparent drowning.