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Ben Owen

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
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The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

I don't know how it played out. I ended up moving in with my aunt and uncle. They didn't make me move to Georgia with them. If I'm being honest, dude, they were probably just sick of me, my parents. They loved me, but they were probably really tired of me. I couldn't have managed me. So they let me move in with Aunt Sandy and Uncle Danny. And so that was my junior year.

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

I don't know how it played out. I ended up moving in with my aunt and uncle. They didn't make me move to Georgia with them. If I'm being honest, dude, they were probably just sick of me, my parents. They loved me, but they were probably really tired of me. I couldn't have managed me. So they let me move in with Aunt Sandy and Uncle Danny. And so that was my junior year.

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

The summer between junior and senior year, I went and spent in Georgia at my parents' and then went back. And somehow, at the end of that summer, my mom and my aunt got into a pissing match about something. I think maybe it was about my girlfriend. And the end result was I got my own apartment for my senior year. I don't know. I didn't question it, right?

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

The summer between junior and senior year, I went and spent in Georgia at my parents' and then went back. And somehow, at the end of that summer, my mom and my aunt got into a pissing match about something. I think maybe it was about my girlfriend. And the end result was I got my own apartment for my senior year. I don't know. I didn't question it, right?

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

The summer between junior and senior year, I went and spent in Georgia at my parents' and then went back. And somehow, at the end of that summer, my mom and my aunt got into a pissing match about something. I think maybe it was about my girlfriend. And the end result was I got my own apartment for my senior year. I don't know. I didn't question it, right?

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

But I actually did everything I was supposed to do. I would have graduated with honors. And I mean, I guess on paper I did, but I didn't get to walk at graduation because the month before I ended up, I got caught with how I call it school. But, you know, I graduated with honors. I got a scholarship to Auburn, math scholarship. And I had no desire to get a math degree.

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

But I actually did everything I was supposed to do. I would have graduated with honors. And I mean, I guess on paper I did, but I didn't get to walk at graduation because the month before I ended up, I got caught with how I call it school. But, you know, I graduated with honors. I got a scholarship to Auburn, math scholarship. And I had no desire to get a math degree.

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

But I actually did everything I was supposed to do. I would have graduated with honors. And I mean, I guess on paper I did, but I didn't get to walk at graduation because the month before I ended up, I got caught with how I call it school. But, you know, I graduated with honors. I got a scholarship to Auburn, math scholarship. And I had no desire to get a math degree.

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

Well, I hadn't killed all the brain cells yet. That was still to come. So I get to Auburn. And remember, I'd stayed sober. I did get caught with alcohol at school, but that was the only time I drank. It was like I got caught the one time I did it. That may not be true. I feel like it is, but it might not be. I don't remember. But once I got to Auburn, man, the brakes came off. It was over with.

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

Well, I hadn't killed all the brain cells yet. That was still to come. So I get to Auburn. And remember, I'd stayed sober. I did get caught with alcohol at school, but that was the only time I drank. It was like I got caught the one time I did it. That may not be true. I feel like it is, but it might not be. I don't remember. But once I got to Auburn, man, the brakes came off. It was over with.

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

Well, I hadn't killed all the brain cells yet. That was still to come. So I get to Auburn. And remember, I'd stayed sober. I did get caught with alcohol at school, but that was the only time I drank. It was like I got caught the one time I did it. That may not be true. I feel like it is, but it might not be. I don't remember. But once I got to Auburn, man, the brakes came off. It was over with.

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

Getting drunk as shit every day. I got so bad, I was, this was back in, you know, 2000. And if you go get apple juice at the store, they weren't plastic bottles, they were still glass bottles. I would pour it out and fill them with beer to take to class with me. That's how bad I got that fast. I was drinking, you know, two cases a day.

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

Getting drunk as shit every day. I got so bad, I was, this was back in, you know, 2000. And if you go get apple juice at the store, they weren't plastic bottles, they were still glass bottles. I would pour it out and fill them with beer to take to class with me. That's how bad I got that fast. I was drinking, you know, two cases a day.

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

Getting drunk as shit every day. I got so bad, I was, this was back in, you know, 2000. And if you go get apple juice at the store, they weren't plastic bottles, they were still glass bottles. I would pour it out and fill them with beer to take to class with me. That's how bad I got that fast. I was drinking, you know, two cases a day.

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

I got a job at Auburn that I was trying to work and trying to do classes. I started ROTC. um again just trying to be like my dad you know he did rtc at auburn um and so i sucked at pt like i hate running i was in terrible shape because i was drinking constantly and um the drinking just kept escalating like i I was getting really close to drinking myself out of college.

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

I got a job at Auburn that I was trying to work and trying to do classes. I started ROTC. um again just trying to be like my dad you know he did rtc at auburn um and so i sucked at pt like i hate running i was in terrible shape because i was drinking constantly and um the drinking just kept escalating like i I was getting really close to drinking myself out of college.

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

I got a job at Auburn that I was trying to work and trying to do classes. I started ROTC. um again just trying to be like my dad you know he did rtc at auburn um and so i sucked at pt like i hate running i was in terrible shape because i was drinking constantly and um the drinking just kept escalating like i I was getting really close to drinking myself out of college.

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

My guidance counselors had called me in. And so my mom or my aunt one was like, well, he needs to go meet with the students with disabilities or whatever because I was diagnosed bipolar and I'm still being medicated for it. So I did that and they basically greenlit me to misbehave all I fucking wanted. And they have to make reasonable accommodations for me. It was a disaster.

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

My guidance counselors had called me in. And so my mom or my aunt one was like, well, he needs to go meet with the students with disabilities or whatever because I was diagnosed bipolar and I'm still being medicated for it. So I did that and they basically greenlit me to misbehave all I fucking wanted. And they have to make reasonable accommodations for me. It was a disaster.

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

My guidance counselors had called me in. And so my mom or my aunt one was like, well, he needs to go meet with the students with disabilities or whatever because I was diagnosed bipolar and I'm still being medicated for it. So I did that and they basically greenlit me to misbehave all I fucking wanted. And they have to make reasonable accommodations for me. It was a disaster.