34. TBI Survivor Story: TBI and Substance Abuse Recovery with Jim Scott

I first met this inspirational person at the Krembels Center in New Hampshire. I was blown away by the center and this wonderful human's story and leadership among his peers. Jim Scott is a TBI survivor who shares his story with others through speaking and friendship with others at the Krembels Center.

Meet Jim:

n July 3rd, 2006 after partying in his childhood hometown, Jim drove drunk crashing into the woods in Durham, NH. Lucky to have survived, he would spend 6 weeks in Boston's Beth Israel's ICU in a minimally conscious state with a severe traumatic brain injury (TBI).

After "graduating" from various rehabilitation programs in 2008, Jim became a member of Krempels Center (KC), located on Portsmouth's Community Campus. It was in KC's community-based day program that he truly started to build a "New Life After Brain Injury".

Now more than 14 years post-injury, Jim is building on the community outreach he began as part of KC's "community education" group. Jim lives in Portsmouth with his adorable 4 legged son Clooney! After working in various financial services related jobs, when in 2015 his family launched a 100% cause-based animal nutrition company, Jim excitedly joined RAWZ Natural Pet Food. After experiencing the love and support of their family dog, Boomer, and witnessing the amazing services both sons' received post injury, the Scott's donate all of RAWZ's profits to providing service dogs, and to brain or spinal cord injury causes.

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