CARMEN CHARBONNEAU spent the first half of this year speaking to approximately 1,200 mostly young people in an attempt to steer them in a better direction than the one she took.
A recovering alcohol and crystal meth addict, Charbonneau was a key member of a local Crystal Meth Task Force that visited students in schools from late elementary up to college and university.
The 53-year-old longtime Alcan employee and Terrace resident said despite her audience being a generation removed from her, their stories were the same as hers.