by bradford | Apr 5, 2019 | Recovery
Erin Borden (from left), Wayne Terrazas and Pam Spindel at the 2019 Smoky Mountain Conference of ETAADAC. In November 2016, the hills upon which the Park Vista Hotel towers above Gatlinburg, Tenn., were ablaze. The worst wildfire disaster in a century sent roaring...
by bradford | Mar 14, 2019 | Addiction, Recovery
On its surface, the definition of substance abuse seems fairly straightforward: “Overindulgence in or dependence on an addictive substance, especially alcohol or drugs.” When it comes to a self-diagnosis, however, there’s a lot of prevarication. The idea of dependence...