u/Ill-Public1719

14 years ago, I had my heart attack. It led me to write the 10 Commandments for Survivors.🤍

The philosophy of "One Attack, One Recovery, No Repeats" is the base of these 10 Commandments. Following them means reducing the risk of a second one.

All 10 commandments are important :) But, if I had to pick the one that I feel close to my heart is Commandment VIII:

VIII. I PROTECT MY MIND AND PEACE.

Finding tranquility after trauma is vital for long-term healing.

Want to read more? If you want a FREE copy of my book, please comment below and I will send a link on DM.

We are all in this together. Stay strong. Simon ❤️

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14 years ago, when I was only 46, I had my heart attack. “90 percent blockage … Single-vessel coronary artery disease, Mild to moderate LV dysfunction”
I remember that I was lost, afraid, in trauma, and did not know what to do.

I did not know how to move forward… literally move forward. 

I decided to turn that fear into a mission. I have learned to trust myself, my spirit and body, and make way for good things to happen. I’ve spent the last year writing my story in a book called “My Second Chance”. 

Today I want to give back. Give survivors the hope that I lacked after my heart attack. So I decided to give every one who wishes to read the book - can have it for free. 

to get a free copy of my book - Just drop a comment below, and I will send you the link.

I hope that this book gives both practical tools and inspiration and faith to my fellow survivors. We are all in this together.  

With love, Simon ❤️

I will never forget that moment. That shout pierces my own heart in every sense of the word. It shatters the last of my denial and drags me into a reality I have never known. This isn’t a drill. This isn’t a false alarm. I am in the middle of a heart attack. My life is in immediate, mortal danger.

The morning it all happened started like any other morning in suburbia. I woke my wife with a kiss, made school sandwiches for my four children with ridiculous care, my silent way of saying, “I love you”, and by 8:30 a.m., I was pulling into my parking spot at the office. I was a 46- year-old, longtime corporate professional: fit, running and swimming weekly, a non-smoker, and at the peak of my game.

But that morning, I broke my routine and took the stairs to my office on the fourth floor. By the second landing, something felt wrong. By the fourth, I felt a violent “kick” in my chest. In a single hour, I went from the “Invincible All-Star” to a patient in a crowded ER, hearing a scream pierce the room: “We have a heart attack here!” They were referring to me. I was having a heart attack.

The doctors called it “mild to moderate,” but for me, it was a total system crash. Four days later, I left the hospital feeling like a different man, gaunt, shaken, and labeled by the head nurse as the “fresh new member of the heart patients’ families.” I realized then that while the doctors had fixed my “hardware,” I had no idea how to reboot my “software” or reclaim the self-image of the man I used to be.

This was the beginning of my journey back to life.  

This was 14 years ago. 

I poured everything I learned during my recovery into a book, and I want to share it with you. You can download the full digital copy for free, with absolutely no strings attached—just a survivor trying to help another survivor.

get your FREE copy here 

https://www.mysecondchancebook.com/redditheartfailure