Recovering addict offers support to teens on the same path he once took [Video]

To Tim Durling, the time spent in his shop in Saint-Antoine chiselling used pallets into play structures for children is more than just a way to pay the bills.

It’s what saved him from a life derailed by addiction. 

“I probably spend too much time here, but it’s what was created as my safety blanket,” he said, covered in a layer of sawdust and sitting in front of a wooden playhouse and plane.

A little more than 10 years ago, Durling was in the throes of drug addiction, on the run from the police, and separated from his three children.

What began as a hobby to keep him busy as he began his recovery became the turning point to a better life.

He created Pallet Works NB, which …