Matthew "Chandler Bing" Perry, known for his miraculous ability to turn phrases into sitcom gold on "Friends," has found a new calling - professional survivor and avid memoirist. He's just won another tense match of life's real-life series "Battles with Addictions." With his 2022 memoir, Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing, Perry shows the world that the character Chandler Bing wasn't just a work of fiction. The jokes may have been scripted, but the struggle, the survival instinct? That's all Bing...we mean Perry. "I say in the book that if I did die, it would shock people, but it wouldn't surprise anyone," Perry quips, possibly while twirling an imaginary martini glass for emphasis. The memoir serves as a stark reminder that beneath the witty punchlines and physical comedy, there was a man playing Russian roulette with a pistol full of opioids and alcohol. His shot at checkmate came in 2018 when his colon decided to go supernova, landing him in a hospital bed with a paltry two per cent chance of survival. But just like when he proposed to Monica amidst a sea of candles, Perry threw caution to the wind, stared death in the eyes, bold facedly and said, "Could I BE any more determined to survive?" Voila! Perry turned the two per cent survival stat on its head and made it into a punchline - a testament to his incredible resilience. Who would have guessed that the snarky Chandler Bing was really a phoenix rising from the ashes of opioid and alcohol addiction? In this memoir, Perry, living up to his sitcom alter-ego, proves that he's not just a court jester dancing around happenstance. He turns his painful journey into a cathartic recall, weaving humor with grim reality, showing his readers that he could add "life survivor" to his CV right next to "Cracked up millions". With the book hitting shelves and screens worldwide, Perry makes it crystal clear – he might've been the one being laughed at on the screen, but in the ruthless comedy of life, he's having the last laugh. Perhaps that's the real life lesson of Friends - that amidst the laughter and hilarity, there's a life being lived with its own set of challenges. And if Matthew Perry aka Chandler Bing has shown us anything, it's that these challenges can be conquered – preferably with a comic one-liner. And so, Perry fields another life checkmate, proving yet again that he's a gritty contender in the unscripted, off-camera drama - be it with covetous Chinese furniture merchants or unrelenting addictions. Way to go Bing- Perry! Keep the wisecracks coming and life's curveballs ducking. We're all ears for your next punchline.