Dr. Stephen Grinstead had a long history of mixing alcohol and pain pills since adolescence. In 1981 he began his Recovery and Spiritual Journey that was tested after a construction accident left him with his own chronic pain condition. That injury in 1982 changed Dr. Grinstead’s entire life. He discovered that he wanted so much more than being a chronic pain survivor. When he accepted what happened, it allowed him to become a proactive participant in his vocational rehabilitation process and new opportunities began to present themselves. This culminated in continuing his education and retraining for a new career. He has been helping others suffering with chronic pain and coexisting disorders, including addiction since 1984.Dr. Grinstead has been fortunate to be a guide and coach for patients on their journey to freedom from suffering and many of them are thriving. He also became an international expert in chronic pain and addiction. Since 1996 Dr. Grinstead has conducted Addiction-Free Pain Management® seminars and certification trainings for over forty thousand healthcare professionals, therapists and counselors at more than 600 venues in key cities across the United States and Canada. Dr. Grinstead is an internationally recognized expert in preventing relapse related to addiction and chronic pain disorders.Dr. Grinstead was recently a Co-Founder and Chief Clinical Officer of an intensive outpatient and residential chronic pain management program that helped to solidify his concepts, philosophy and strategies presented in “Thank You Adversity for Yet Another Test.” Prior to this he published a number of other pain management books.