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Ben Owen

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The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

Is there a lot of that going on down there? There... So we've... We've recovered several dozen women from sex trafficking, prostitution. Two of them are minors. And I hate to tell you this, but both of them were pissed we recovered them.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

Is there a lot of that going on down there? There... So we've... We've recovered several dozen women from sex trafficking, prostitution. Two of them are minors. And I hate to tell you this, but both of them were pissed we recovered them.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

Yeah. Yeah. You know, they're slaves to dope, man. And in that age demographic? You heard my story when I was 15. There was no getting me sober that early. I hadn't suffered enough. Just like Jeff said, you got to suffer sufficiently to choose something different. And while you and I may hear that, you know, a 15-year-old being sold for sex, that sure sounds like suffering to me.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

Yeah. Yeah. You know, they're slaves to dope, man. And in that age demographic? You heard my story when I was 15. There was no getting me sober that early. I hadn't suffered enough. Just like Jeff said, you got to suffer sufficiently to choose something different. And while you and I may hear that, you know, a 15-year-old being sold for sex, that sure sounds like suffering to me.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

Yeah. Yeah. You know, they're slaves to dope, man. And in that age demographic? You heard my story when I was 15. There was no getting me sober that early. I hadn't suffered enough. Just like Jeff said, you got to suffer sufficiently to choose something different. And while you and I may hear that, you know, a 15-year-old being sold for sex, that sure sounds like suffering to me.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

It's not enough for them sometimes, you know. Now, I don't give a shit. It's still a crime. I'm still recovering you. And anybody that was involved in your trafficking is going to go to prison. But it doesn't mean the victim is going to stay sober. You know what I mean? So how many houses are there?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

It's not enough for them sometimes, you know. Now, I don't give a shit. It's still a crime. I'm still recovering you. And anybody that was involved in your trafficking is going to go to prison. But it doesn't mean the victim is going to stay sober. You know what I mean? So how many houses are there?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

It's not enough for them sometimes, you know. Now, I don't give a shit. It's still a crime. I'm still recovering you. And anybody that was involved in your trafficking is going to go to prison. But it doesn't mean the victim is going to stay sober. You know what I mean? So how many houses are there?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

We've got a total of 10 houses in Memphis, and I'm really excited to tell you this because I've not announced this publicly because we're still waiting on paperwork. There is a 76,000-square-foot nursing home behind one of my blocks, immediately behind it. It's been abandoned for 20 years, and last week we tracked down the owner and told her we want to turn it into a treatment center.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

We've got a total of 10 houses in Memphis, and I'm really excited to tell you this because I've not announced this publicly because we're still waiting on paperwork. There is a 76,000-square-foot nursing home behind one of my blocks, immediately behind it. It's been abandoned for 20 years, and last week we tracked down the owner and told her we want to turn it into a treatment center.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

We've got a total of 10 houses in Memphis, and I'm really excited to tell you this because I've not announced this publicly because we're still waiting on paperwork. There is a 76,000-square-foot nursing home behind one of my blocks, immediately behind it. It's been abandoned for 20 years, and last week we tracked down the owner and told her we want to turn it into a treatment center.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

which will make it, I think, West Tennessee's largest treatment facility. So you guys have Morgan County and DC-4 over here in this area. West Tennessee has nothing. The lady told us that not only is she interested in donating the property to us, she wants to actually assist in raising the money to renovate it and oversee it. I'm going to go ahead and say... Did you say 76,000 square feet?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

which will make it, I think, West Tennessee's largest treatment facility. So you guys have Morgan County and DC-4 over here in this area. West Tennessee has nothing. The lady told us that not only is she interested in donating the property to us, she wants to actually assist in raising the money to renovate it and oversee it. I'm going to go ahead and say... Did you say 76,000 square feet?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

which will make it, I think, West Tennessee's largest treatment facility. So you guys have Morgan County and DC-4 over here in this area. West Tennessee has nothing. The lady told us that not only is she interested in donating the property to us, she wants to actually assist in raising the money to renovate it and oversee it. I'm going to go ahead and say... Did you say 76,000 square feet?

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

76,000 square feet. Hundreds of rooms. It sits on five. It's massive. Massive. And so I think that's our next move is our own treatment facility. Because right now I'm having to work with community partners who I love. I'm so grateful for all of them, like Alliance, Serenity, CAP, all the treatment centers. We don't have anything that can do it all in one house in that side of Memphis.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

76,000 square feet. Hundreds of rooms. It sits on five. It's massive. Massive. And so I think that's our next move is our own treatment facility. Because right now I'm having to work with community partners who I love. I'm so grateful for all of them, like Alliance, Serenity, CAP, all the treatment centers. We don't have anything that can do it all in one house in that side of Memphis.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

76,000 square feet. Hundreds of rooms. It sits on five. It's massive. Massive. And so I think that's our next move is our own treatment facility. Because right now I'm having to work with community partners who I love. I'm so grateful for all of them, like Alliance, Serenity, CAP, all the treatment centers. We don't have anything that can do it all in one house in that side of Memphis.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

It's certainly not this size. This is in the middle of the track. I mean, you're sandwiched between the Ho track and the Dope track right there. It's a perfect location to do this. And I'll tell you this, a lot of people might hear this and think, well, that's really cool. That's great. It doesn't really affect me. That's not accurate, man.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

It's certainly not this size. This is in the middle of the track. I mean, you're sandwiched between the Ho track and the Dope track right there. It's a perfect location to do this. And I'll tell you this, a lot of people might hear this and think, well, that's really cool. That's great. It doesn't really affect me. That's not accurate, man.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

It's certainly not this size. This is in the middle of the track. I mean, you're sandwiched between the Ho track and the Dope track right there. It's a perfect location to do this. And I'll tell you this, a lot of people might hear this and think, well, that's really cool. That's great. It doesn't really affect me. That's not accurate, man.