Matthew Perry was loved by those of many ages, he had issues just like us all, he had a drug and alcohol addiction. The addiction lasted for 20 years. Perry also had a bowel syndrome called Narcotic Bowel Syndrome or NBS. He was in a coma for two weeks, spent five months in the hospital, and had to use a colostomy bag for nine months. Most of us might not know how life-threatening his condition was. Perry had pancreatitis due to alcohol abuse which started in 1997 after a jet ski accident, he then became addicted to Vicodin. That eventually led him to alcohol abuse -- so much so that he was hungover at work. In 2000, he was hospitalized.