The Fifth Vital
Mike Majlak
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.
This is his story.
Duration - 7h 39m.
Author - Mike Majlak.
Narrator - Mike Majlak.
Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023.
Copyright - © 2020 Mike Majlak and Riley J. Ford ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
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. This is his story. Duration - 7h 39m. Author - Mike Majlak. Narrator - Mike Majlak. Published Date - Sunday, 22 January 2023. Copyright - © 2020 Mike Majlak and Riley J. Ford ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:00:10
First and Foremost
Duration:00:01:16
Dedication and Preface
Duration:00:13:33
Chapter 1
Duration:00:04:38
Chapter 2
Duration:00:11:07
Chapter 3
Duration:00:10:04
Chapter 4
Duration:00:11:44
Chapter 5
Duration:00:08:50
Chapter 6
Duration:00:09:48
Chapter 7
Duration:00:08:29
Chapter 8
Duration:00:09:19
Chapter 9
Duration:00:10:04
Chapter 10
Duration:00:14:49
Chapter 11
Duration:00:13:27
Chapter 12
Duration:00:10:27
Chapter 13
Duration:00:20:23
Chapter 14
Duration:00:13:00
Chapter 15
Duration:00:13:45
Chapter 16
Duration:00:14:17
Chapter 17
Duration:00:14:12
Chapter 18
Duration:00:14:26
Chapter 19
Duration:00:17:09
Chapter 20
Duration:00:09:41
Chapter 21
Duration:00:12:06
Chapter 22
Duration:00:12:45
Chapter 23
Duration:00:09:26
Chapter 24
Duration:00:12:44
Chapter 25
Duration:00:06:20
Chapter 26
Duration:00:06:34
Chapter 27
Duration:00:11:04
Chapter 28
Duration:00:05:43
Chapter 29
Duration:00:15:45
Chapter 30
Duration:00:11:10
Chapter 31
Duration:00:18:08
Chapter 32
Duration:00:15:32
Chapter 33
Duration:00:13:01
Afterthoughts
Duration:00:17:02
Acknowledgements
Duration:00:01:42
Additional Acknowledgements
Duration:00:01:09
Letters to Mike
Duration:00:08:58
Connect with Mike
Duration:00:00:57
Bonus Content
Duration:00:24:00
Closing Credits
Duration:00:00:53