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The Fifth Vital
by Mike Majlak and Riley J. Ford
Genre: Nonfiction
#1 AMAZON BESTSELLER!
Mike Majlak was a seventeen-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.
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Most importantly, to those of you who have found yourselves caught up in
the endless struggle of addiction, mental illness, pain, chaos, and despair:
I am you and you are me.
Our stories, while surely dramatically different, share very similar
truths—that tremendous pressure you feel on your heart and in the pit of your
stomach, the heaviness that chokes the air from your lungs, and the anxiety
that ravages your mind to madness. I have felt that same terrible pain. You are
not alone. You never will be. Revel in knowing there is someone who feels just
like you.
If you have people who support you, take advantage of your extreme
blessing. Lean on them. They will be the ones who carry you on days you cannot
carry yourself. And on days you find yourself alone, burdened, unable to run or
walk, beaten down and ready to give up…crawl. As impossible as it may seem,
pull yourself through the mud. Scrape for every single fucking inch until one
day you find yourself able to walk again. Against the strongest of tides, keep
moving forward. Never stop. Never be pushed under.
However dark things are, and however dark things get, I urge you to find
your light. Find that one glimmering remainder of hope that continues to push
you forward.
About Mike Majlak
Mike Majlak currently lives in Los Angeles, where he is the co-host of Impaulsive and the host of The Night Shift. He has millions of followers on YouTube and Instagram.
About Riley J. Ford
Riley J. Ford is a NEW YORK TIMES and USA TODAY bestselling author and UCLA graduate represented by Creative Artists Agency. She writes under multiple pen names and has sold more than one million copies of her novels worldwide. One of her books has been adapted into an upcoming movie for Netflix.
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ReplyDeleteI'm very interested in reading this book! I too got caught up in the opiod destruction. I've been clean nearly 6 yrs and am slowly rebuilding my life.
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Thank you for sharing the review.
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ReplyDeleteOpioids are horrible.. I have read a lot about addiction, and this completely gives me hope. I see it all around me, living close to NYC..
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The cover looks painfully honest.
ReplyDeleteWonder whats in his heart on the 5th beat
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ReplyDeleteI don't know if this guy really conveys the total, all consuming struggle of addition. It seems a bit put on if I'm being frank.
ReplyDeleteMike's story is incredibly inspiring! I cannot wait to read this book.
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ReplyDeleteThe book cover definitely gives off a vibe of despair.
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ReplyDeleteI love the cover. It really sets the tone for the book.
ReplyDeleteThe cover really depicts how an addict feels. I've been through it over and over again in my lifetime. My mother is a drug addict alcoholic who abused her children. I had to become the parent at age 7. My sister went through years of heroin addiction and her children have suffered from it. It's a really bad problem here in Michigan as in most other states.
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ReplyDeleteI'm a pharmacist so this topic is extremely important to me. I hate the opioid epidemic and love that we are talking about it more now. I would definitely read this book. I do like the cover too.
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ReplyDeleteI like the cover! It looks professional and not cheap. The emotion on the face of the man fits the description of the book.
ReplyDeleteCover is eyecatching and would make me pick it up and find out more about the book
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ReplyDeleteThe cover is interesting, I can’t quite figure out what the book is about
ReplyDeleteTHE COVER IS VERY INTERESTING, DEFINITELY MAKES ME WANT TO READ IT TO SEE WHAT IT IS ABOUT :)
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ReplyDeleteLove the look on his face!
ReplyDeleteSounds very interesting, as I’m a healthcare worker!
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