Ben Owen

Getting drunk as shit every day. I got so bad, I was, this was back in, you know, 2000. And if you go get apple juice at the store, they weren't plastic bottles, they were still glass bottles. I would pour it out and fill them with beer to take to class with me. That's how bad I got that fast. I was drinking, you know, two cases a day.

I got a job at Auburn that I was trying to work and trying to do classes. I started ROTC. um again just trying to be like my dad you know he did rtc at auburn um and so i sucked at pt like i hate running i was in terrible shape because i was drinking constantly and um the drinking just kept escalating like i I was getting really close to drinking myself out of college.

I got a job at Auburn that I was trying to work and trying to do classes. I started ROTC. um again just trying to be like my dad you know he did rtc at auburn um and so i sucked at pt like i hate running i was in terrible shape because i was drinking constantly and um the drinking just kept escalating like i I was getting really close to drinking myself out of college.

I got a job at Auburn that I was trying to work and trying to do classes. I started ROTC. um again just trying to be like my dad you know he did rtc at auburn um and so i sucked at pt like i hate running i was in terrible shape because i was drinking constantly and um the drinking just kept escalating like i I was getting really close to drinking myself out of college.

My guidance counselors had called me in. And so my mom or my aunt one was like, well, he needs to go meet with the students with disabilities or whatever because I was diagnosed bipolar and I'm still being medicated for it. So I did that and they basically greenlit me to misbehave all I fucking wanted. And they have to make reasonable accommodations for me. It was a disaster.

My guidance counselors had called me in. And so my mom or my aunt one was like, well, he needs to go meet with the students with disabilities or whatever because I was diagnosed bipolar and I'm still being medicated for it. So I did that and they basically greenlit me to misbehave all I fucking wanted. And they have to make reasonable accommodations for me. It was a disaster.

My guidance counselors had called me in. And so my mom or my aunt one was like, well, he needs to go meet with the students with disabilities or whatever because I was diagnosed bipolar and I'm still being medicated for it. So I did that and they basically greenlit me to misbehave all I fucking wanted. And they have to make reasonable accommodations for me. It was a disaster.

I was such a manipulative little shit. Just anything I could get that gave me an excuse to do what I wanted, I was going to grab onto that and not let go.

I was such a manipulative little shit. Just anything I could get that gave me an excuse to do what I wanted, I was going to grab onto that and not let go.

I was such a manipulative little shit. Just anything I could get that gave me an excuse to do what I wanted, I was going to grab onto that and not let go.

Yeah. Growing up, my parents drank. Neither one of them had a problem. I knew both of my mom's parents died alcoholics, but it was never really beat into my head the way it should have been that I was playing with a loaded gun. It definitely got me early. I wasn't even old enough to buy alcohol. That was the crazy part. You mentioned having homeless people go buy beer for you.

Yeah. Growing up, my parents drank. Neither one of them had a problem. I knew both of my mom's parents died alcoholics, but it was never really beat into my head the way it should have been that I was playing with a loaded gun. It definitely got me early. I wasn't even old enough to buy alcohol. That was the crazy part. You mentioned having homeless people go buy beer for you.

Yeah. Growing up, my parents drank. Neither one of them had a problem. I knew both of my mom's parents died alcoholics, but it was never really beat into my head the way it should have been that I was playing with a loaded gun. It definitely got me early. I wasn't even old enough to buy alcohol. That was the crazy part. You mentioned having homeless people go buy beer for you.

I definitely did that. I was never without beer. And it was just beer back then. I didn't do a whole lot of drugs at Auburn other than recreationally. That was back when ecstasy was still X. Whatever it is now is not. But making terrible decisions. I ended up getting a girl who was in her mid-20s, pregnant. And... My mom convinced her to get an abortion, which fucked me up pretty good.

I definitely did that. I was never without beer. And it was just beer back then. I didn't do a whole lot of drugs at Auburn other than recreationally. That was back when ecstasy was still X. Whatever it is now is not. But making terrible decisions. I ended up getting a girl who was in her mid-20s, pregnant. And... My mom convinced her to get an abortion, which fucked me up pretty good.

I definitely did that. I was never without beer. And it was just beer back then. I didn't do a whole lot of drugs at Auburn other than recreationally. That was back when ecstasy was still X. Whatever it is now is not. But making terrible decisions. I ended up getting a girl who was in her mid-20s, pregnant. And... My mom convinced her to get an abortion, which fucked me up pretty good.

I don't know that I've ever told that story publicly. You wanted to have it. No, but I didn't want to kill it either. If I'm being honest, this girl was on so much dope, though, the chances of that baby making it were very slim anyway. She was heavy, heavy into all the drugs. I was just drinking. How'd you meet her? Met her at a cigar shop in downtown Auburn.

I don't know that I've ever told that story publicly. You wanted to have it. No, but I didn't want to kill it either. If I'm being honest, this girl was on so much dope, though, the chances of that baby making it were very slim anyway. She was heavy, heavy into all the drugs. I was just drinking. How'd you meet her? Met her at a cigar shop in downtown Auburn.

I don't know that I've ever told that story publicly. You wanted to have it. No, but I didn't want to kill it either. If I'm being honest, this girl was on so much dope, though, the chances of that baby making it were very slim anyway. She was heavy, heavy into all the drugs. I was just drinking. How'd you meet her? Met her at a cigar shop in downtown Auburn.

Six-foot-tall redhead, and we liked the same music, and it just was off to the races from there. How did your mom convince her, do you know? I don't. I don't know. I was so drunk during that time period. This is like probably middle of 2001. But of course, since that fucked me up, it just gave me another excuse to drink. Did you go with her?