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Ben Owen

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

Anyway, and it was weird because, like, I'd make prices higher on one and then lower on the other and watch it. I don't know. It was fun. It was like a game to me. But it went really well for a long time until, like, mid-2012. The drink was getting out of hand. And I was like, I'm going to pay cash out of pocket to go to this bougie place in Georgia where Burt Reynolds got sober.

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

Anyway, and it was weird because, like, I'd make prices higher on one and then lower on the other and watch it. I don't know. It was fun. It was like a game to me. But it went really well for a long time until, like, mid-2012. The drink was getting out of hand. And I was like, I'm going to pay cash out of pocket to go to this bougie place in Georgia where Burt Reynolds got sober.

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

I'm there six days. How well are you doing? Are you a millionaire? I had gotten a buyout offer that was over $2 million. I did not take it. I should have. I should have. I had over a million in inventory, well over a million in inventory. I bought a 68 GTO, restored it with the kids. We converted it to electronic fuel injection. It ran like a scalded dog, man. We had it cammed out.

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

I'm there six days. How well are you doing? Are you a millionaire? I had gotten a buyout offer that was over $2 million. I did not take it. I should have. I should have. I had over a million in inventory, well over a million in inventory. I bought a 68 GTO, restored it with the kids. We converted it to electronic fuel injection. It ran like a scalded dog, man. We had it cammed out.

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

I'm there six days. How well are you doing? Are you a millionaire? I had gotten a buyout offer that was over $2 million. I did not take it. I should have. I should have. I had over a million in inventory, well over a million in inventory. I bought a 68 GTO, restored it with the kids. We converted it to electronic fuel injection. It ran like a scalded dog, man. We had it cammed out.

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

It was such a badass car. How were you at being a dad? How was I with being a dad? So my kids had never, at this point, never seen me drunk. Not once. Never seen me smoke a cigarette. I'm still coaching T-ball. I'm coaching soccer. I'm leading Cub Scouts. I don't sleep much. Back then, I would be good on four or five hours. So I was like dad of the damn year.

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

It was such a badass car. How were you at being a dad? How was I with being a dad? So my kids had never, at this point, never seen me drunk. Not once. Never seen me smoke a cigarette. I'm still coaching T-ball. I'm coaching soccer. I'm leading Cub Scouts. I don't sleep much. Back then, I would be good on four or five hours. So I was like dad of the damn year.

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

It was such a badass car. How were you at being a dad? How was I with being a dad? So my kids had never, at this point, never seen me drunk. Not once. Never seen me smoke a cigarette. I'm still coaching T-ball. I'm coaching soccer. I'm leading Cub Scouts. I don't sleep much. Back then, I would be good on four or five hours. So I was like dad of the damn year.

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

Not just to my kids, but to other kids in the neighborhood, too. I was doing great outside looking in. Aaron knew the reality that I was really, really struggling.

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

Not just to my kids, but to other kids in the neighborhood, too. I was doing great outside looking in. Aaron knew the reality that I was really, really struggling.

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

Not just to my kids, but to other kids in the neighborhood, too. I was doing great outside looking in. Aaron knew the reality that I was really, really struggling.

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

Yeah.

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

Yeah.

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

Yeah.

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

They actually never saw me drunk at this point. They never did. So when would you do it? All the time. But here's the thing. I would converse just like this without slurring or anything, legally drunk. So I take that back. They saw me drunk. They never saw me actually drunk. I was drinking all the time, but they wouldn't necessarily see me like they'd ever see me with a beer.

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

They actually never saw me drunk at this point. They never did. So when would you do it? All the time. But here's the thing. I would converse just like this without slurring or anything, legally drunk. So I take that back. They saw me drunk. They never saw me actually drunk. I was drinking all the time, but they wouldn't necessarily see me like they'd ever see me with a beer.

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

They actually never saw me drunk at this point. They never did. So when would you do it? All the time. But here's the thing. I would converse just like this without slurring or anything, legally drunk. So I take that back. They saw me drunk. They never saw me actually drunk. I was drinking all the time, but they wouldn't necessarily see me like they'd ever see me with a beer.

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

I was drinking scotch. And I was going through two bottles of McAllen 12 a day at this point. And it was getting bad fast, so there were likeβ€” How's your wife? Does your wife know this?

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

I was drinking scotch. And I was going through two bottles of McAllen 12 a day at this point. And it was getting bad fast, so there were likeβ€” How's your wife? Does your wife know this?

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

I was drinking scotch. And I was going through two bottles of McAllen 12 a day at this point. And it was getting bad fast, so there were likeβ€” How's your wife? Does your wife know this?