Excerpt from Damage Control
1. Ground Zero
So pal, you’ve got a brain injury.
Join the club — I’ve had one since ’93.
Here’s the deal, if you don’t think about suicide until you finish this book, I’ll help you start over.
Meanwhile, you should know we’re not alone. There are over a million brain injuries in the U.S. every year — including ours.
Boo hoo for you?
Boo hoo for me?
No way — this whole book was written with a Traumatic Brain Injury (T.B.I.) and, if I can dig around in my ground zero, you can dig around in yours. It’s time we both said goodbye to our boo hoo hoo’s — and got on with life.
Whether you were hurt in a crash, combat, or sports — think of this book as a flip turn at the end of the pool — push off and see your next lap as a chance to turn a negative into a positive.
It’s been sixteen years since I was hit by a truck, and I can tell you I wish I’d had this book at the time.
Never mind — now my experience can work for you.
Edited by Kevin Quirk, www.awriterseye.com