The Fifth Vital

By: Mike Majlak, Riley J. Ford

Narrated by: Mike Majlak

USA Today best-selling book!

Mike Majlak was a 17-year-old from a loving middle-class family in Milford, Connecticut, when he got caught up in the opioid epidemic that swept the nation. For close to a decade thereafter, his life was a wasteland of darkness and despair. While his peers were graduating from college, buying homes, getting married, having kids, and leading normal lives, Mike was snorting Oxycontin, climbing out of cars at gunpoint, and burying his childhood friends.

Unable to escape the noose of addiction, he eventually lost the trust and support of everyone who had ever loved him. Alone, with nothing but drugs to keep him company, darkness closed in, and the light inside him - the last flicker of hope - began to dim. His dreams, potential, and future were all being devoured by a relentless addiction too powerful to fight.

Despair filled him as he realized he wasn't going to survive. Somehow, he did. He not only survived, he thrived. Now, he's a social media personality with millions of followers and an entrepreneur, marketer, podcaster, YouTuber, and author who hopes to use his voice to shine a light for those whose own lights have grown dim. This is his story.

©2020 Mike Majlak and Riley J. Ford (P)2020 Mike Majlak and Riley J. Ford

Overcoming the least likely

Absolutely incredible read and stories that Mike has gone through. Inspirational for some, entertaining for others. A real life true story of someone who was battling an almost certain mortal addiction that left tens of thousands dead every year and the path he took to break through the norm of the deadly path of addiction, mainly to OxyContin. Thrilling and defining what it takes to get through hard times, I throughly enjoyed listening to this book, twice now. Thank you for your courage and openness in writing and producing this autobiography.

Meet You at the Top Mike.

being from New Haven and battling my own demons this book meant alot. I can't explain it but the minute i was introduced to mike i was stuck and this was way before i knew he was from area as me but that only made me more interested in him and i gained alot more curiosity basically to figure him out and how he got to where he was sitting next to logan paul on a podcast. Thank you man. I cant wait to meet you at the top and be a successful content creator. At the time of this writing. I have 2 YT channels 1 with 700 subs and the other with over 100. Peace and love. - Derrus aka Flow

Another inspiring story that led to my recovery.

may have saved my life.... thank you for putting this out for others to read.

Great Read/Listen

This was one of my favorite audibles i listened to, a lot of great advice i needed to hear

love it. what a story!

i am big fan of the impaulsive podcast. so when i heard that mike has released a book i am excited for it. i waited for my hiking day and started it, before i knew it the book has finished. Great story telling an incredible journey and it is nice to hear it from the man himself. i expect great thing from him. cheers