Ben Owen

I end up going over to my parents' house in Georgia, and they take me to some specialist over there who figures out I have literally pickled my gallbladder. I drank an organ out of my body. So they removed the gallbladder in 2005 and then realized I'd done a lot of other damage to my GI tract with the drinking all the times I've been throwing up blood.

I end up going over to my parents' house in Georgia, and they take me to some specialist over there who figures out I have literally pickled my gallbladder. I drank an organ out of my body. So they removed the gallbladder in 2005 and then realized I'd done a lot of other damage to my GI tract with the drinking all the times I've been throwing up blood.

I end up going over to my parents' house in Georgia, and they take me to some specialist over there who figures out I have literally pickled my gallbladder. I drank an organ out of my body. So they removed the gallbladder in 2005 and then realized I'd done a lot of other damage to my GI tract with the drinking all the times I've been throwing up blood.

And so they do another operation called a Nissen procedure called which is supposed to be for reflux, but they were trying to undo damage I'd done. I was supposedly the youngest person in the state of Alabama to ever have that surgery done. But I'd stopped drinking. I'd had two abdominal surgeries, which are extremely painful.

And so they do another operation called a Nissen procedure called which is supposed to be for reflux, but they were trying to undo damage I'd done. I was supposedly the youngest person in the state of Alabama to ever have that surgery done. But I'd stopped drinking. I'd had two abdominal surgeries, which are extremely painful.

And so they do another operation called a Nissen procedure called which is supposed to be for reflux, but they were trying to undo damage I'd done. I was supposedly the youngest person in the state of Alabama to ever have that surgery done. But I'd stopped drinking. I'd had two abdominal surgeries, which are extremely painful.

And so they had me on a lot of pain pills, which I don't know that I was addicted to them, but I sure loved them. And I was taking, like, as prescribed. You know, I wasn't taking extra. But I definitely developed a taste for opiates during this time period. I ended up graduating college and get hired on Pfizer as a sales rep. They moved us to Memphis. That's how I ended up in Memphis.

And so they had me on a lot of pain pills, which I don't know that I was addicted to them, but I sure loved them. And I was taking, like, as prescribed. You know, I wasn't taking extra. But I definitely developed a taste for opiates during this time period. I ended up graduating college and get hired on Pfizer as a sales rep. They moved us to Memphis. That's how I ended up in Memphis.

And so they had me on a lot of pain pills, which I don't know that I was addicted to them, but I sure loved them. And I was taking, like, as prescribed. You know, I wasn't taking extra. But I definitely developed a taste for opiates during this time period. I ended up graduating college and get hired on Pfizer as a sales rep. They moved us to Memphis. That's how I ended up in Memphis.

The drinking culture at Pfizer or really anywhere in corporate America, it's not a great place for an incognito alcoholic to be. And I was not doing meetings. I just stopped drinking, right? So, you know, it was just a matter of time. And it started pretty fast.

The drinking culture at Pfizer or really anywhere in corporate America, it's not a great place for an incognito alcoholic to be. And I was not doing meetings. I just stopped drinking, right? So, you know, it was just a matter of time. And it started pretty fast.

The drinking culture at Pfizer or really anywhere in corporate America, it's not a great place for an incognito alcoholic to be. And I was not doing meetings. I just stopped drinking, right? So, you know, it was just a matter of time. And it started pretty fast.

right back to drinking every day, right back to drinking at 6 o'clock in the morning, to the point that they figured it out at Pfizer training and put me out on short-term disability for being an alcoholic. I'm like, that seems retarded. The way this works at Pfizer at the time, if you're on short-term disability, you still get paid and you're not allowed to work at all.

right back to drinking every day, right back to drinking at 6 o'clock in the morning, to the point that they figured it out at Pfizer training and put me out on short-term disability for being an alcoholic. I'm like, that seems retarded. The way this works at Pfizer at the time, if you're on short-term disability, you still get paid and you're not allowed to work at all.

right back to drinking every day, right back to drinking at 6 o'clock in the morning, to the point that they figured it out at Pfizer training and put me out on short-term disability for being an alcoholic. I'm like, that seems retarded. The way this works at Pfizer at the time, if you're on short-term disability, you still get paid and you're not allowed to work at all.

And I thought that was the dumbest thing I've ever heard in my life. I was excited to be working. I came out of Pfizer training with like one of the highest test scores ever. They hired me to sell pain management meds. And an inhaled insulin that ended up bombing a couple of years later. But I excelled in the training. Like all that medical love had come back.

And I thought that was the dumbest thing I've ever heard in my life. I was excited to be working. I came out of Pfizer training with like one of the highest test scores ever. They hired me to sell pain management meds. And an inhaled insulin that ended up bombing a couple of years later. But I excelled in the training. Like all that medical love had come back.

And I thought that was the dumbest thing I've ever heard in my life. I was excited to be working. I came out of Pfizer training with like one of the highest test scores ever. They hired me to sell pain management meds. And an inhaled insulin that ended up bombing a couple of years later. But I excelled in the training. Like all that medical love had come back.

I've got a job explaining to doctors the pharmacokinetics of, you know, different drugs. And it was awesome. I wanted to work. And they wouldn't let me because I had this drinking problem. And we've just moved to Memphis. We're in a new city. We don't know anybody. And I did get to work a little bit out in the field and do my actual job before the chips all came falling down on this shit.

I've got a job explaining to doctors the pharmacokinetics of, you know, different drugs. And it was awesome. I wanted to work. And they wouldn't let me because I had this drinking problem. And we've just moved to Memphis. We're in a new city. We don't know anybody. And I did get to work a little bit out in the field and do my actual job before the chips all came falling down on this shit.