Bret Michaels Finds Strength In Family

Bret Michaels has faced many serious health concerns this past year. On top of his lifelong battle with Type 1 diabetes, the singer suffered a massive brain hemorrhage, followed up with a warning stroke. Michaels credits his partner Kristi Lynn Gibson and daughters Raine, and Jorja with helping him pull through, and says that they "saved his life."

The former Poison frontman sat down with Parade and opened about how life has changed for him since his heath problems began.

On where he finds his strength: "The night I had my brain hemorrhage, my two daughters and Kristi truthfully saved my life. That's the God's honest truth. When it all hit the fan, when it came to that moment that I needed to react, my family rallied behind me, and as a father, I didn't want them to wake up in the morning and see me collapsed on the floor."

On leaving his daughters to tour: "I sit down and I explain that I'm going away and that I'll be back. We look at the schedule and plan it out. And then they ask me how many gifts I'm going to bring them. That's always important! Daughters are good -- they key it up right on cue and I'm a sucker and I give them whatever gifts necessary."

For the complete interview with Bret, please visit Parade...