Saskatoon contractor who overcame mental health and addiction issues now “pays it forward”

Pro renovator Chris Watt says that three things make him want to get up in the morning: design, building and helping others.

But for years, severe social anxiety and depression  – plus the “self-medicating” with substances that he turned to in attempt to cope – made Watt wonder if he even wanted to live at all.

Now a highly-successful design-build contractor in Saskatoon, Watt was the recent subject on an inspiring profile in the Saskatoon StarPhoenix. It’s worth a few minutes to read it. As you will find out, Watt has been able to hire others who are also “in recovery.” It’s all part of a contractor trying to help others as he himself was helped.