Rand Teed

Rand Teed wears many hats as an international certified prevention specialist, a Canadian certified addiction counsellor and registered recovery coach.

Rand has direct and indirect lived and living experience with substance use and is in long-term recovery from substance use disorder. He witnessed the tragic passing of his dad due to addiction and is passionate about preventing substance use harms from affecting other people.

Rand believes that it’s important for people to know that getting through substance use disorder is possible. He is motivated to keep working in the substance use health field when he sees people respond to good education and good therapy, saying it gives him hope and makes him want to do more.

To help him through stressful times, Rand meditates regularly and lives by the notion that while he can’t change what happens to him, he can control his attitude.

Rand enjoys spending time outside and uses photography to capture eclectic beauty in the nature around him.