Download or read book Going up and Coming Down from Drugs and Alcohol written by Kenneth Michael Spalding and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2009-07-20 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 conscious for five minutes or for five hours. From all of the drugs and 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.