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Ben Owen

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

When I moved back to Alabama, 16 and 17, we dated long distance. And anyway, she messages me on AIM. And, uh, she's like, has this been? And I'm like, yeah. And she didn't believe me because apparently she'd been trying to message me and kept getting one of my crazy girlfriends. And, um, so I'm like, well, fucking call me. So I pick up the phone, call her.

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

When I moved back to Alabama, 16 and 17, we dated long distance. And anyway, she messages me on AIM. And, uh, she's like, has this been? And I'm like, yeah. And she didn't believe me because apparently she'd been trying to message me and kept getting one of my crazy girlfriends. And, um, so I'm like, well, fucking call me. So I pick up the phone, call her.

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

When I moved back to Alabama, 16 and 17, we dated long distance. And anyway, she messages me on AIM. And, uh, she's like, has this been? And I'm like, yeah. And she didn't believe me because apparently she'd been trying to message me and kept getting one of my crazy girlfriends. And, um, so I'm like, well, fucking call me. So I pick up the phone, call her.

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

And, uh, we talked for five minutes and she's like, well, look, I'm, I'm married, but I'm about to get divorced. Why don't you come up to North Carolina? And I'm sitting there thinking in the back of my head, this bitch has no idea what she's getting into. Good little church girl, right? And, uh, I ended up, my credit cards are all almost maxed out at this point, but the clock's ticking.

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

And, uh, we talked for five minutes and she's like, well, look, I'm, I'm married, but I'm about to get divorced. Why don't you come up to North Carolina? And I'm sitting there thinking in the back of my head, this bitch has no idea what she's getting into. Good little church girl, right? And, uh, I ended up, my credit cards are all almost maxed out at this point, but the clock's ticking.

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

And, uh, we talked for five minutes and she's like, well, look, I'm, I'm married, but I'm about to get divorced. Why don't you come up to North Carolina? And I'm sitting there thinking in the back of my head, this bitch has no idea what she's getting into. Good little church girl, right? And, uh, I ended up, my credit cards are all almost maxed out at this point, but the clock's ticking.

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

Like I'm about to be homeless and my truck's going to get repoed. And so I get the truck and I start driving to Charlotte, run out of gas, my credit card's declined. And I convinced somebody to fill my truck up with gas. I make it to Charlotte. Long story short, she's pregnant. What do you mean long story short? I went up there. We spent two nights together. I get back down to Atlanta.

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

Like I'm about to be homeless and my truck's going to get repoed. And so I get the truck and I start driving to Charlotte, run out of gas, my credit card's declined. And I convinced somebody to fill my truck up with gas. I make it to Charlotte. Long story short, she's pregnant. What do you mean long story short? I went up there. We spent two nights together. I get back down to Atlanta.

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

Like I'm about to be homeless and my truck's going to get repoed. And so I get the truck and I start driving to Charlotte, run out of gas, my credit card's declined. And I convinced somebody to fill my truck up with gas. I make it to Charlotte. Long story short, she's pregnant. What do you mean long story short? I went up there. We spent two nights together. I get back down to Atlanta.

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

And what do you look like at this point? Absolute dog shit. Shaved head. It's cut everywhere because I tried to shave it with a Bic razor. I was thin as shit. Still a raging alcoholic. I looked like death warmed over. And meth. Meth, yeah. And a meth addiction. And meth. Now, she had no idea about the meth or the alcohol, any of that. Even after you met her?

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

And what do you look like at this point? Absolute dog shit. Shaved head. It's cut everywhere because I tried to shave it with a Bic razor. I was thin as shit. Still a raging alcoholic. I looked like death warmed over. And meth. Meth, yeah. And a meth addiction. And meth. Now, she had no idea about the meth or the alcohol, any of that. Even after you met her?

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

And what do you look like at this point? Absolute dog shit. Shaved head. It's cut everywhere because I tried to shave it with a Bic razor. I was thin as shit. Still a raging alcoholic. I looked like death warmed over. And meth. Meth, yeah. And a meth addiction. And meth. Now, she had no idea about the meth or the alcohol, any of that. Even after you met her?

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

Even after I met her, she just thought I was skinny, you know? You don't think she looked the other way? She could smell it on you? Well, so she knew I was drinking. She was drinking too then, right? So that was acceptable because she didn't see what happens when I don't drink. I get sick as shit. She also didn't see me drinking at 6 o'clock in the morning.

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

Even after I met her, she just thought I was skinny, you know? You don't think she looked the other way? She could smell it on you? Well, so she knew I was drinking. She was drinking too then, right? So that was acceptable because she didn't see what happens when I don't drink. I get sick as shit. She also didn't see me drinking at 6 o'clock in the morning.

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

Even after I met her, she just thought I was skinny, you know? You don't think she looked the other way? She could smell it on you? Well, so she knew I was drinking. She was drinking too then, right? So that was acceptable because she didn't see what happens when I don't drink. I get sick as shit. She also didn't see me drinking at 6 o'clock in the morning.

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

So I was able to hide it for a couple days. Now I remember how I had the computer. I had gotten a job selling merchant services, credit card processing over the phone to somebody. And so somebody provided me a computer. We had a deal go through, so I had a couple thousand dollars.

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

So I was able to hide it for a couple days. Now I remember how I had the computer. I had gotten a job selling merchant services, credit card processing over the phone to somebody. And so somebody provided me a computer. We had a deal go through, so I had a couple thousand dollars.

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

So I was able to hide it for a couple days. Now I remember how I had the computer. I had gotten a job selling merchant services, credit card processing over the phone to somebody. And so somebody provided me a computer. We had a deal go through, so I had a couple thousand dollars.

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

I went and spent that time up there in Charlotte with her, came back to my apartment, and I'm trying to figure out how to afford everything, how to start rebuilding my life.

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

I went and spent that time up there in Charlotte with her, came back to my apartment, and I'm trying to figure out how to afford everything, how to start rebuilding my life.