Summary of Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing E-Book

Alexander Cooper

• Herausgeber: Ben Business Group LLC
• Kategorie: Sachliteratur, Reportagen, Biografien
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2023

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Summary of Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

This book gave me such a serious whiplash as I was understanding it. Perry swings ridiculously this way and that between having a transparent discussion about his enslavement, extreme navel looking and back taps about his distinction, faulting others in his life for his compulsion or length of dependence and afterward in the following passage making liability regarding his fixation and moves, and abnormal awkward remarks about ladies in his day-to-day existence. As somebody who has experienced AA, has done the means, and has been level-headed for a considerable length of time myself, I think perhaps Matthew Perry ought to have taken somewhat more time in his connectedness to reflect and sit with himself before composing a book. I'm glad for him and his connectedness, I know how hard it very well may be to remain sober, and particularly, I can envision with the degree of distinction he has and had during the 90s the tension is by all accounts extraordinary. I genuinely hope everything turns out great for him, karma in his connectedness this time around.

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SUMMARY

Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing

Book by

Matthew Perry

A Memoir

Alexander Cooper

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Chapter One

Chapter Two

Chapter Three

Chapter Four

Chapter Five

Chapter Six

Conclusion

Introduction

This book gave me such a serious whiplash as I was understanding it. Perry swings ridiculously this way and that between having a transparent discussion about his enslavement, extreme navel looking and back taps about his distinction, faulting others in his life for his compulsion or length of dependence and afterward in the following passage making liability regarding his fixation and moves, and abnormal awkward remarks about ladies in his day-to-day existence. As somebody who has experienced AA, has done the means, and has been level-headed for a considerable length of time myself, I think perhaps Matthew Perry ought to have taken somewhat more time in his connectedness to reflect and sit with himself before composing a book. I'm glad for him and his connectedness, I know how hard it very well may be to remain sober, and particularly, I can envision with the degree of distinction he has and had during the 90s the tension is by all accounts extraordinary. I genuinely hope everything turns out great for him, karma in his connectedness this time around. Furthermore, I'm additionally happy he is openly about being a drunkard and a junkie since it's so disparaged even in 2022 and this book is worth the effort on the off chance that it assists only one individual with seeking help for their addiction. Reads like a first draft; conflicting, repetitive, out of control sequentially. At a certain point, I really thought I'd lost my place and was re-perusing a previous section. Subtleties in abundance about certain ladies, however the one he enjoyed 6 years with? Nothing but silence. What's more, was there an excessive amount of pre-discharge media? For individuals saying 'I feel like I've proactively understood it,' all things considered, you essentially have. I was essentially expecting some succulent youth injury however no, it was very great, however much he attempts to make it sound horrendous. Generally speaking, however, it's a book about the recovery business and how costly and insufficient it is for some individuals. He seeks a path toward recovery, it doesn't work, he returns to and again and again. Begins his own! Doesn't work. It's difficult to accept he realized nobody would recommend Psilocybin or Ibogaine treatments, which this person would have tremendously profited from, and that's only the tip of the iceberg and more information is coming out regarding the viability of this sort of medication. There's a book on Amazon called 'Recovery Doesn't Work, Ibogaine Does.' I'm simply trusting this book essentially opens up a conversation about issues with the American recovery industry.

Chapter One

After finishing "Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing" in a reading group, I was left with mixed emotions.

Preface: I have only seen two or three episodes of "Friends," and I am not a fan. It is impossible to not be familiar with the iconic characters from the television series, and in this instance, even though he has appeared in several other television shows, motion pictures, and stage productions, this role is the only one with which I am most familiar with the author

The author's autobiography begins with a shocking and graphic account of a near-death experience that sets the tone for the rest of the book.

Everything is either very dramatic, amazing, beautiful or... any other superlative. In addition, when he thinks back on his life, I do believe that this is how he felt: his upbringing, addiction, relationships, and so on sometimes seem overdone to me, like when he says that every woman he's ever dated was the most beautiful.

Additionally, he had the most beautiful parents. His many homes had the most stunning views, and his friends were the funniest people. His writing has a certain zeal and exuberance to it, and there were times when I just wanted him to slow down, take a deep breath, and stop being the "guy from the most famous stories."

It becomes clear very early on in the book where his addiction and need for recognition come from.

The authors describes himself as a lonely child because he spent his childhood moving between his father in California and his mother in Canada. He writes that when he was just three years old, he felt like he had to be the man in his mother's house.

Additionally, he writes that he first encountered highly addictive sedatives when he was just two months old. As a young child, whenever he observed his mother being unhappy, he wondered why she didn't just drink and be happy.

His need for validation from his mother, who had to work long hours and was unable to be as present in his life as he might have needed, is what drives him to entertain and make people laugh.

The author''s addiction-related struggles, rehabilitation, and relapses are chronicled in his autobiography. He always finds reasons and means to relapse into drugs (including alcohol and medication).

Then everything goes smoothly—until they don't. Naturally, women and his success with "Friends" are also prominent themes in the book.

The fact that the events in the book don't happen in a particular order bothered me a lot. This is fine in and of itself, but providing at least the year would have greatly clarified the situation, particularly with the intermezzos.