In his late thirties, Steve Melen thought he had it all — a successful career in finance, a house on the hill, a lovely and accomplished wife, a beautiful newborn daughter and a zest for life and travel. He was unstoppable ... until a diagnosis of Stage IIIB stomach cancer brought it all to screeching halt. Facing the hard truth that he would live the rest of his life without a stomach and only parts of other important organs, Steve battled his demons and the fact that he only had a 15 percent chance of survival. His story is one of both weakness and strength as Steve navigates a world of pain, drugs, alcohol, marital problems and anxiety, all rooted in his earliest days as a child of adoption and reveals the fact that it took a life-threatening illness to bring these issues to light so the true healing process could begin.