Matt Pinfield says he's recovering after ending up in a coma earlier this year ... and, he's crediting his daughter Jessica for his recovery -- despite his girlfriend and brother's misgivings.

Months after suffering a stroke and a coma, Matt Pinfield reports that he’s on the road to recovery. “Guys, I’m alive,” the radio host and former VJ told The Hollywood Reporter. “I’m recovering and am going to come back swinging.

"Friends were thinking they were coming to see me for the last time. The doctors never expected me to speak or to walk again," said Pinfield