I am a German national who grew up in Dubai and was living in Scotland. I had a successful career in brewing before me and was muddling on with life like most people do at my age. Then the Big Bang. I didn't know anything about strokes and I wasn't particularly interested in finding out. But find out I would soon enough. I wanted to write this book to bring back memories from before and after the stroke, and to be as honest as possible about how I felt. The aim of this book is not to give advice to stroke sufferers - every stroke is different and so is the recuperation period. After reading my manuscript over, I realized that I was quite a Chauvinist man but it came from the heart. So please don't read this if you are easily offended - a lot of it is meant tongue-in-cheek. Maybe for some stroke patients it will be a solace to read about the experiences of someone who has gone through the same as them.