Ben Owen
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about finding purpose in life after any of those roles that used to identify who we are. And that's really what it comes down to. And I've noticed that to be especially true for vets. So while I just had a rant about trying to get vets sober, I've got something positive to add to that.
You take a veteran who is struggling with alcoholism or addiction and you find them purpose, bro, they're going to change the world. I mean, fast, too. You've just got to help them find that purpose. Let's move on. All right. So we're in Charlotte, North Carolina. Aaron has had Jackson, my oldest child. I'm sober. I'm working. I've started up this side hustle on eBay that's going pretty good.
You take a veteran who is struggling with alcoholism or addiction and you find them purpose, bro, they're going to change the world. I mean, fast, too. You've just got to help them find that purpose. Let's move on. All right. So we're in Charlotte, North Carolina. Aaron has had Jackson, my oldest child. I'm sober. I'm working. I've started up this side hustle on eBay that's going pretty good.
You take a veteran who is struggling with alcoholism or addiction and you find them purpose, bro, they're going to change the world. I mean, fast, too. You've just got to help them find that purpose. Let's move on. All right. So we're in Charlotte, North Carolina. Aaron has had Jackson, my oldest child. I'm sober. I'm working. I've started up this side hustle on eBay that's going pretty good.
And my parents decide that, you know, since Ben's a father now and is getting married, Ben needs a college degree. And I was very excited to hear that. I don't know why my parents decided to show back up for me the way that they did, because I never in a million years could have expected this from them.
And my parents decide that, you know, since Ben's a father now and is getting married, Ben needs a college degree. And I was very excited to hear that. I don't know why my parents decided to show back up for me the way that they did, because I never in a million years could have expected this from them.
And my parents decide that, you know, since Ben's a father now and is getting married, Ben needs a college degree. And I was very excited to hear that. I don't know why my parents decided to show back up for me the way that they did, because I never in a million years could have expected this from them.
But they put us in a house in Huntsville, Alabama, and basically made sure all of our basic needs were covered. And I took out student loans, and Aaron and I both went to college. School went really well. I was working during school. I was kicking ass. 3.8 GPA. I'd switched to business because engineering, you know, with everything I had going on just wasn't going to happen.
But they put us in a house in Huntsville, Alabama, and basically made sure all of our basic needs were covered. And I took out student loans, and Aaron and I both went to college. School went really well. I was working during school. I was kicking ass. 3.8 GPA. I'd switched to business because engineering, you know, with everything I had going on just wasn't going to happen.
But they put us in a house in Huntsville, Alabama, and basically made sure all of our basic needs were covered. And I took out student loans, and Aaron and I both went to college. School went really well. I was working during school. I was kicking ass. 3.8 GPA. I'd switched to business because engineering, you know, with everything I had going on just wasn't going to happen.
I needed to graduate quick and get a job. And yet again, I decided to follow my dad's footsteps, surprise, surprise, and set my eyes on a job with Pfizer. Because I loved the life he'd been able to provide for us, you know, even though I didn't appreciate it at the time. So I wanted to go follow in his footsteps at Pfizer. kicking ass in business school.
I needed to graduate quick and get a job. And yet again, I decided to follow my dad's footsteps, surprise, surprise, and set my eyes on a job with Pfizer. Because I loved the life he'd been able to provide for us, you know, even though I didn't appreciate it at the time. So I wanted to go follow in his footsteps at Pfizer. kicking ass in business school.
I needed to graduate quick and get a job. And yet again, I decided to follow my dad's footsteps, surprise, surprise, and set my eyes on a job with Pfizer. Because I loved the life he'd been able to provide for us, you know, even though I didn't appreciate it at the time. So I wanted to go follow in his footsteps at Pfizer. kicking ass in business school.
My granddaddy, the one that picked me up from Fort Benning, was, oddly enough, battling a myotrophic lateral sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's disease, and was nearing the end of his life with that. You know, it's always terminal. And it's very rare for somebody to get it at his age. He was in his 70s. And my grandmother, his wife of 50 years, had Alzheimer's, and they were both getting close to the end.
My granddaddy, the one that picked me up from Fort Benning, was, oddly enough, battling a myotrophic lateral sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's disease, and was nearing the end of his life with that. You know, it's always terminal. And it's very rare for somebody to get it at his age. He was in his 70s. And my grandmother, his wife of 50 years, had Alzheimer's, and they were both getting close to the end.
My granddaddy, the one that picked me up from Fort Benning, was, oddly enough, battling a myotrophic lateral sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's disease, and was nearing the end of his life with that. You know, it's always terminal. And it's very rare for somebody to get it at his age. He was in his 70s. And my grandmother, his wife of 50 years, had Alzheimer's, and they were both getting close to the end.
That was one of the reasons we moved back to Alabama, was to be close to them. And I've always been extremely close to both of them, my grandparents. I mean, they were probably my two favorite people ever.
That was one of the reasons we moved back to Alabama, was to be close to them. And I've always been extremely close to both of them, my grandparents. I mean, they were probably my two favorite people ever.
That was one of the reasons we moved back to Alabama, was to be close to them. And I've always been extremely close to both of them, my grandparents. I mean, they were probably my two favorite people ever.
um and uh grenadine died um he did get to meet jackson um and uh i started drinking again um and really what i did was kind of up i i said i was going to quit for a year let's walk it all the way back you started drinking again