The last thing that I remember is feeling dizzy. When I came to I was surrounded by family and friends and I was in a hospital bed. I was drifting in and out of consciousness, I don't know if I was consicous for five minutes or for five hours. From all of the drugs and of the alcohol I had been using, a vein in my esophagus had burst, I had almost bled to death and the doctors told my family that I wouldn't make it through the night. I did survive and here is my story and what I believe led me to the point of death.

DRIFTING TOO FAR FROM SHORE is Michael Spalding's true story about fifty turbulent years of life encumbered by undiagnosed Attention Deficit Disorder - a life rich in opportunity yet riddled with disruption and turmoil caused by untreated ADD.