Since my release from the hospital, I've been searching for a good support group to join for stroke survivors, many years ago, when I quit smoking and drinking I had great success using an online support group, dailystrength.org, but the stroke survivor group on the site is very quiet, even when I attempted to get things going, the thing I liked the most about the support group was, I found that helping others mde my quit stronger, I wanted to practiced what I preached. So if I can help other people who are recovering from stroke by motivating them, letting the know that it gets better, maybe that will help my outlook on the whole thing.
I found a group on facebook for youngstroke survivors, something I was excited about. While the advice I've gotten from these people has been fantastic, I find the overall tone of the members is negative.
It seems that many of them are just plain old pissed off at life for doing this to them, now, I certainly understand the desire be angry, I am, I'm fucking pissed! But I would be short changing myself, Matt and Charlotte if I just sat around all day fuming at the injustice of it all.
I have a lot of life left to live and I intend to live it well, enjoying what I have, I fight everyday to have a good attitude, because I believe that can be the difference between recovery or standing still and if I have to live out my days with half a body then I'm goin to do it well!
Here's my point: I found a great support group at strokeboard.net, the people there want to help and all have great attitudes, I don't want to surround myself with people who are dumping all of their energy into being pissed off, life's too short for that shit
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