Ben Owen

And Aaron is not great at taking medication on schedule. So birth control being one of those. A year after Lily was born, we had twin boys. So three kids in a year. But I don't care. I mean, I'm making good money. Everything's going good. I'm excited. My dad ended up getting cut from Pfizer a couple years before that. And he'd gone into business with one of his old buddies.

And Aaron is not great at taking medication on schedule. So birth control being one of those. A year after Lily was born, we had twin boys. So three kids in a year. But I don't care. I mean, I'm making good money. Everything's going good. I'm excited. My dad ended up getting cut from Pfizer a couple years before that. And he'd gone into business with one of his old buddies.

And I guess they were having some financial problems. They moved into the house next door to us. My dad actually worked for me briefly. And I don't remember exactly when it was in 2011, but some stuff happened between my parents, and I don't want to get into it, but the whole holding my parents on a pedestal thing It kind of got ripped away. But you don't want to go into it.

And I guess they were having some financial problems. They moved into the house next door to us. My dad actually worked for me briefly. And I don't remember exactly when it was in 2011, but some stuff happened between my parents, and I don't want to get into it, but the whole holding my parents on a pedestal thing It kind of got ripped away. But you don't want to go into it.

And I guess they were having some financial problems. They moved into the house next door to us. My dad actually worked for me briefly. And I don't remember exactly when it was in 2011, but some stuff happened between my parents, and I don't want to get into it, but the whole holding my parents on a pedestal thing It kind of got ripped away. But you don't want to go into it.

And the really bad part about that is that nothing bad happened. It went okay. And so me and Erin decided that, you know, maybe I wasn't an alcoholic after all because she'd missed drinking. You know, Erin's not an alcoholic. Like, she was a social drinker, and she missed it.

And the really bad part about that is that nothing bad happened. It went okay. And so me and Erin decided that, you know, maybe I wasn't an alcoholic after all because she'd missed drinking. You know, Erin's not an alcoholic. Like, she was a social drinker, and she missed it.

And the really bad part about that is that nothing bad happened. It went okay. And so me and Erin decided that, you know, maybe I wasn't an alcoholic after all because she'd missed drinking. You know, Erin's not an alcoholic. Like, she was a social drinker, and she missed it.

The next six months, you know, I'm enjoying my single malt scotch and smoking cigars and making crazy money at this TV parts business. You know, I'm on top of the world, dude. And then, I want to say it was like November, December of 2011, a leg starts acting up. The one that I got the plate in. And it swells up and it's like just nasty, gnarly looking.

The next six months, you know, I'm enjoying my single malt scotch and smoking cigars and making crazy money at this TV parts business. You know, I'm on top of the world, dude. And then, I want to say it was like November, December of 2011, a leg starts acting up. The one that I got the plate in. And it swells up and it's like just nasty, gnarly looking.

The next six months, you know, I'm enjoying my single malt scotch and smoking cigars and making crazy money at this TV parts business. You know, I'm on top of the world, dude. And then, I want to say it was like November, December of 2011, a leg starts acting up. The one that I got the plate in. And it swells up and it's like just nasty, gnarly looking.

I ended up having a methicillin-resistant staph infection that had recurred. Now this had happened before. It came back and it was really, really bad. Like they were talking about potentially I was gonna be an above-knee amputee if it moved anymore and I'm freaking the fuck out. They got me on a lot of pain medication. And I'm drinking again, you know, and that's not a good combination.

I ended up having a methicillin-resistant staph infection that had recurred. Now this had happened before. It came back and it was really, really bad. Like they were talking about potentially I was gonna be an above-knee amputee if it moved anymore and I'm freaking the fuck out. They got me on a lot of pain medication. And I'm drinking again, you know, and that's not a good combination.

I ended up having a methicillin-resistant staph infection that had recurred. Now this had happened before. It came back and it was really, really bad. Like they were talking about potentially I was gonna be an above-knee amputee if it moved anymore and I'm freaking the fuck out. They got me on a lot of pain medication. And I'm drinking again, you know, and that's not a good combination.

I wasn't abusing the pain medication, but I have a really high tolerance to opiates, and we've already established I'm bad about manipulating doctors. And so I convinced my doctor that I needed a lot more than I needed. And so I was physically addicted to prescribed pain pills. Which ones? Percocet. At first. Percocet at first.

I wasn't abusing the pain medication, but I have a really high tolerance to opiates, and we've already established I'm bad about manipulating doctors. And so I convinced my doctor that I needed a lot more than I needed. And so I was physically addicted to prescribed pain pills. Which ones? Percocet. At first. Percocet at first.

I wasn't abusing the pain medication, but I have a really high tolerance to opiates, and we've already established I'm bad about manipulating doctors. And so I convinced my doctor that I needed a lot more than I needed. And so I was physically addicted to prescribed pain pills. Which ones? Percocet. At first. Percocet at first.

Speaking of above-knee amputations, I actually had an amputee living on my couch at this point. He had come back from Iraq, lost a leg, and ended up addicted to oxycodone prescribed by the VA. We'd given him a job, got him off of our couch and moved him into the house next door to us. My parents had moved out. And he had been clean, like he went through rehab and he's rebuilding his life.

Speaking of above-knee amputations, I actually had an amputee living on my couch at this point. He had come back from Iraq, lost a leg, and ended up addicted to oxycodone prescribed by the VA. We'd given him a job, got him off of our couch and moved him into the house next door to us. My parents had moved out. And he had been clean, like he went through rehab and he's rebuilding his life.

Speaking of above-knee amputations, I actually had an amputee living on my couch at this point. He had come back from Iraq, lost a leg, and ended up addicted to oxycodone prescribed by the VA. We'd given him a job, got him off of our couch and moved him into the house next door to us. My parents had moved out. And he had been clean, like he went through rehab and he's rebuilding his life.