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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 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

Yeah. Have sex? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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

Yeah. Have sex? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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

Yeah. Have sex? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

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

Went to like a Holiday Inn, and yeah, that's what we did. And I go back to Atlanta. And it lasted two days? Two days. That's it? That's it. What ended it? Well, I had to go back to Atlanta. Oh, okay. And so what actually ended it was she said she's getting divorced. Her husband didn't know that part yet.

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

Went to like a Holiday Inn, and yeah, that's what we did. And I go back to Atlanta. And it lasted two days? Two days. That's it? That's it. What ended it? Well, I had to go back to Atlanta. Oh, okay. And so what actually ended it was she said she's getting divorced. Her husband didn't know that part yet.

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

Went to like a Holiday Inn, and yeah, that's what we did. And I go back to Atlanta. And it lasted two days? Two days. That's it? That's it. What ended it? Well, I had to go back to Atlanta. Oh, okay. And so what actually ended it was she said she's getting divorced. Her husband didn't know that part yet.

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

He's about to because like three weeks after I get back to Atlanta, she realizes she's pregnant. And there's no way it's his because they've been sleeping in different rooms and blah, blah, blah. So she has to tell him and then she has to tell me. I may have misrepresented it. I'm not actually in the middle of a divorce, but I'm going to be now. And I ended up moving to Charlotte.

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

He's about to because like three weeks after I get back to Atlanta, she realizes she's pregnant. And there's no way it's his because they've been sleeping in different rooms and blah, blah, blah. So she has to tell him and then she has to tell me. I may have misrepresented it. I'm not actually in the middle of a divorce, but I'm going to be now. And I ended up moving to Charlotte.

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

He's about to because like three weeks after I get back to Atlanta, she realizes she's pregnant. And there's no way it's his because they've been sleeping in different rooms and blah, blah, blah. So she has to tell him and then she has to tell me. I may have misrepresented it. I'm not actually in the middle of a divorce, but I'm going to be now. And I ended up moving to Charlotte.

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

Moved in with her and her sister. I quit drinking cold turkey. I quit meth the day I left Atlanta. I've never liked meth, ever. I did it because it was there. Well, mostly because God tried to pay me in meth and I wanted at least something for my labor. So anyway, I quit drinking cold turkey and it almost killed me. I got pancreatitis. I lost 40 pounds in a month.

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

Moved in with her and her sister. I quit drinking cold turkey. I quit meth the day I left Atlanta. I've never liked meth, ever. I did it because it was there. Well, mostly because God tried to pay me in meth and I wanted at least something for my labor. So anyway, I quit drinking cold turkey and it almost killed me. I got pancreatitis. I lost 40 pounds in a month.

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

Moved in with her and her sister. I quit drinking cold turkey. I quit meth the day I left Atlanta. I've never liked meth, ever. I did it because it was there. Well, mostly because God tried to pay me in meth and I wanted at least something for my labor. So anyway, I quit drinking cold turkey and it almost killed me. I got pancreatitis. I lost 40 pounds in a month.

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

And keep in mind, I'm already pretty thin. I didn't have that to lose. And I almost died. They didn't know what was wrong with me because I wasn't being truthful with any of the doctors about how much I drank. And when I would try to be, they would discount it. They're like, well, you're young. There's no way you can drink that much. And so, of course, I took that and banked that.

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

And keep in mind, I'm already pretty thin. I didn't have that to lose. And I almost died. They didn't know what was wrong with me because I wasn't being truthful with any of the doctors about how much I drank. And when I would try to be, they would discount it. They're like, well, you're young. There's no way you can drink that much. And so, of course, I took that and banked that.

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

And keep in mind, I'm already pretty thin. I didn't have that to lose. And I almost died. They didn't know what was wrong with me because I wasn't being truthful with any of the doctors about how much I drank. And when I would try to be, they would discount it. They're like, well, you're young. There's no way you can drink that much. And so, of course, I took that and banked that.

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

See, even the doctor says I can't drink that much. Just in case I want to start drinking again. But I got sober, and I stayed that way. Jackson, our oldest child, was born. Aaron files for divorce, and I get a job in Charlotte after I heal up, and I can eat and keep food down, and I'm gaining weight again. I get a job. How long did that take? I was bedridden for 30 days.

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

See, even the doctor says I can't drink that much. Just in case I want to start drinking again. But I got sober, and I stayed that way. Jackson, our oldest child, was born. Aaron files for divorce, and I get a job in Charlotte after I heal up, and I can eat and keep food down, and I'm gaining weight again. I get a job. How long did that take? I was bedridden for 30 days.

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

See, even the doctor says I can't drink that much. Just in case I want to start drinking again. But I got sober, and I stayed that way. Jackson, our oldest child, was born. Aaron files for divorce, and I get a job in Charlotte after I heal up, and I can eat and keep food down, and I'm gaining weight again. I get a job. How long did that take? I was bedridden for 30 days.

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

Yeah. Well, it took about 60 to fully recover from it, all in. But I couldn't get out of bed for 30 days. And I didn't realize this then, butโ€” What does the girl think, that you can't get out of bed in 30 days? Well, she knew I had pancreatitis, and I'd gotten honest with her about the drinking, too. Why did you quit drinking? Because I knew I had a son coming. So that cleaned you up.