Shaping Saskatchewan: Rand Teed | Globalnews.ca [Video]

From specializing in addictions counselling to developing the award-winning television series Drug Class, Rand Teed has spent decades educating the public about the negative effects of substance abuse.

For more than 50 years, Teed, an internationally certified prevention specialist and a Canadian certified addictions counsellor, has been working with people — primarily teenagers — to help them recognize the impact drug and alcohol use can have.

However, Teed’s story started with his own experiences related to substance use.

“I’m a person in long-term recovery. I’ve been drug and alcohol free since 1972, and what I realized from that is that my drug and alcohol use robbed me of my power, robbed me of my passion for life. It became kind of the only thing that I cared about,” Teed shared.

“And once I stopped, I realized that I had lots of work to do to get myself feeling good about who I was and …