The Fifth Vital

USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR

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.

Mike Majlak is an American YouTuber, social media personality, photographer, author, and blogger. He is the co-host of the popular Impaulsive podcast with Logan Paul. His memoir, The Fifth Vital made the USA Today bestsellers list the first week of release. His thoughful commentary on drug addiction, recovery, and the human condition has changed millions of lives around the world.

Riley J. Ford is a New York Times bestselling author and UCLA graduate represented by Creative Artists Agency. Besides writing her own bestselling novels, Riley has co-authored projects with major influencers and celebrities. She writes under multiple pen names and has sold millions of copies of her novels worldwide. One of her books has been adapted into an upcoming movie for Netflix.