Ben Owen

So, you know, I've got a nonprofit called We Fight Monsters, and a guy that we did a lot of stuff in the Afghan evac with, General David Hicks, he's got something like 3,600 hours in an A-10, and he gave me that barrel. If I remember correctly from his Kandahar deployment, it's shot out, which I think that was the most violent deployment he had. So it's ended some lives. Wow. Yeah. Wow.

So that is one of, I think, seven. They got seven barrels, right? The GAU-8? I don't know. It's from the Big All Canyon. So when you call in Cass, that's what is shooting.

So that is one of, I think, seven. They got seven barrels, right? The GAU-8? I don't know. It's from the Big All Canyon. So when you call in Cass, that's what is shooting.

So that is one of, I think, seven. They got seven barrels, right? The GAU-8? I don't know. It's from the Big All Canyon. So when you call in Cass, that's what is shooting.

Oh, yeah. We brought you a humidor, too. We made it. Seriously? Yeah, so it's down there in a box next to that barrel. We opened up a wood shop in Memphis to teach homeless vets woodworking and gang members and anybody else coming off the streets. And so they made you a humidor out of black walnut and curly maple that was grown or felled and milled in Memphis.

Oh, yeah. We brought you a humidor, too. We made it. Seriously? Yeah, so it's down there in a box next to that barrel. We opened up a wood shop in Memphis to teach homeless vets woodworking and gang members and anybody else coming off the streets. And so they made you a humidor out of black walnut and curly maple that was grown or felled and milled in Memphis.

Oh, yeah. We brought you a humidor, too. We made it. Seriously? Yeah, so it's down there in a box next to that barrel. We opened up a wood shop in Memphis to teach homeless vets woodworking and gang members and anybody else coming off the streets. And so they made you a humidor out of black walnut and curly maple that was grown or felled and milled in Memphis.

So I think there were really two pivotal moments. And one of them actually goes back into active addiction. And we'll get into this much deeper later. But my last six months out there, I did not want that life. I had been tired of it. And I had two options. I was going to get sober. I was going to die. And I didn't want to die.

So I think there were really two pivotal moments. And one of them actually goes back into active addiction. And we'll get into this much deeper later. But my last six months out there, I did not want that life. I had been tired of it. And I had two options. I was going to get sober. I was going to die. And I didn't want to die.

So I think there were really two pivotal moments. And one of them actually goes back into active addiction. And we'll get into this much deeper later. But my last six months out there, I did not want that life. I had been tired of it. And I had two options. I was going to get sober. I was going to die. And I didn't want to die.

and jess and i used to pray a foxhole prayer multiple times a day and it wasn't something along the lines of god get us out of hell together and we'll come back for everybody left behind so in 2019 he did get us out of hell together eventually i left first but uh later that year we were a few months sober at the time and my best friend overdosed and died and um we hadn't yet

and jess and i used to pray a foxhole prayer multiple times a day and it wasn't something along the lines of god get us out of hell together and we'll come back for everybody left behind so in 2019 he did get us out of hell together eventually i left first but uh later that year we were a few months sober at the time and my best friend overdosed and died and um we hadn't yet

and jess and i used to pray a foxhole prayer multiple times a day and it wasn't something along the lines of god get us out of hell together and we'll come back for everybody left behind so in 2019 he did get us out of hell together eventually i left first but uh later that year we were a few months sober at the time and my best friend overdosed and died and um we hadn't yet

been called back to Memphis to keep our end of that promise. But we did go back to Memphis to bury him. He had no family left, so we raised money using my social media presence to cremate him and have a service. And we gave the overage because we raised like four times what it actually cost. We gave the overage to the Shelby County Drug Court.

been called back to Memphis to keep our end of that promise. But we did go back to Memphis to bury him. He had no family left, so we raised money using my social media presence to cremate him and have a service. And we gave the overage because we raised like four times what it actually cost. We gave the overage to the Shelby County Drug Court.

been called back to Memphis to keep our end of that promise. But we did go back to Memphis to bury him. He had no family left, so we raised money using my social media presence to cremate him and have a service. And we gave the overage because we raised like four times what it actually cost. We gave the overage to the Shelby County Drug Court.

And something happened in our brains at that point in time. We realized that, you know, we can use social media to get some cool stuff done. And it felt really good to be able to help people that are still out there struggling with the demon that we had escaped. And then, of course, as that progressed, we did get called back to Memphis

And something happened in our brains at that point in time. We realized that, you know, we can use social media to get some cool stuff done. And it felt really good to be able to help people that are still out there struggling with the demon that we had escaped. And then, of course, as that progressed, we did get called back to Memphis

And something happened in our brains at that point in time. We realized that, you know, we can use social media to get some cool stuff done. And it felt really good to be able to help people that are still out there struggling with the demon that we had escaped. And then, of course, as that progressed, we did get called back to Memphis

save the ones we left behind and uh once we started that dude he mentioned purpose in the very beginning of that and that's that's what it comes down to um is i found my purpose i found my calling i found the reason god put me on this earth and i have absolutely no doubt whatsoever that what we're doing today is what god wants me to do for the rest of my life and so i hope that answers the question yeah yeah wow wow thank you