Matthew Perry's sister says this reframing made it ‘easier to love him' through substance use disorder

Matthew Perry’s life is being remembered in a three-part documentary series by the people who knew him best, including his sister Mia Perry Bowick. “Yes, he was just that wonderful,” Bowick said during an appearance on TODAY Oct. 26. “All of those warm, comforting feelings you get from him, he gave them to his family and friends.” The “Friends” star died of acute effects of ketamine at 54 in October 2023. Perry had been open about his decadeslong struggle with addiction. He estimated in his memoir, which published one year before his death, that he spent $7 million on efforts to get sober. Bowick said in the documentary, out Oct. 27 on Netflix, that her brother’s struggle impacted her career path. She became a licensed psychotherapist working in substance use treatment. Bowick said when Perry first started telling people about addiction, there was “very little nuance or understanding about what substance use disorder is.” “I only had information from the D.A.R.E. program