Ben Owen

So I haven't really put a whole lot of thought into it. I remember I spent a whole lot of time down in Destin after I got back from Fort Benning.

So I haven't really put a whole lot of thought into it. I remember I spent a whole lot of time down in Destin after I got back from Fort Benning.

um I remember driving that 67 Camaro down to Destin a lot I remember drinking in Destin a lot um so I really don't know how many of those gaps my parents could fill in because I wasn't we weren't talking during that time period I don't think I think that they knew the wheels were falling off the bus man you know and

um I remember driving that 67 Camaro down to Destin a lot I remember drinking in Destin a lot um so I really don't know how many of those gaps my parents could fill in because I wasn't we weren't talking during that time period I don't think I think that they knew the wheels were falling off the bus man you know and

um I remember driving that 67 Camaro down to Destin a lot I remember drinking in Destin a lot um so I really don't know how many of those gaps my parents could fill in because I wasn't we weren't talking during that time period I don't think I think that they knew the wheels were falling off the bus man you know and

My mom learned a long time ago sometimes that she's got to love me from a distance to preserve her own mental health, which I can completely understand. I was having a lot of health problems from my drinking, though. I was throwing up a lot of blood. I lost a whole lot of weight. You hear about college kids floating kegs and drinking a lot of beer, and that's very common. But I was next level.

My mom learned a long time ago sometimes that she's got to love me from a distance to preserve her own mental health, which I can completely understand. I was having a lot of health problems from my drinking, though. I was throwing up a lot of blood. I lost a whole lot of weight. You hear about college kids floating kegs and drinking a lot of beer, and that's very common. But I was next level.

My mom learned a long time ago sometimes that she's got to love me from a distance to preserve her own mental health, which I can completely understand. I was having a lot of health problems from my drinking, though. I was throwing up a lot of blood. I lost a whole lot of weight. You hear about college kids floating kegs and drinking a lot of beer, and that's very common. But I was next level.

When I say I was drinking two or three cases a day, I really mean that. So like 72 beers in a day. Yeah. I would hazard a guess I was probably walking around at a constant 0.2 or 0.3 blood alcohol content.

When I say I was drinking two or three cases a day, I really mean that. So like 72 beers in a day. Yeah. I would hazard a guess I was probably walking around at a constant 0.2 or 0.3 blood alcohol content.

When I say I was drinking two or three cases a day, I really mean that. So like 72 beers in a day. Yeah. I would hazard a guess I was probably walking around at a constant 0.2 or 0.3 blood alcohol content.

as you'll hear in a little bit my frame of reference for that's pretty good um i usually could tell what i was at um it was bad though uh i wanted to die i really did um and i just i knew if i kept drinking i would and so that that's what i was doing that was your plan that was the plan i was gonna drink myself to death um Somehow I ended up back in Georgia at my parents' house.

as you'll hear in a little bit my frame of reference for that's pretty good um i usually could tell what i was at um it was bad though uh i wanted to die i really did um and i just i knew if i kept drinking i would and so that that's what i was doing that was your plan that was the plan i was gonna drink myself to death um Somehow I ended up back in Georgia at my parents' house.

as you'll hear in a little bit my frame of reference for that's pretty good um i usually could tell what i was at um it was bad though uh i wanted to die i really did um and i just i knew if i kept drinking i would and so that that's what i was doing that was your plan that was the plan i was gonna drink myself to death um Somehow I ended up back in Georgia at my parents' house.

My brother was there. Some of his friends from high school were there. And I guess I had just shown up at their house drunk as shit. And I don't remember what happened, but I'm sure I picked a fight because I used to do that. And my brother had had enough and my dad had had enough.

My brother was there. Some of his friends from high school were there. And I guess I had just shown up at their house drunk as shit. And I don't remember what happened, but I'm sure I picked a fight because I used to do that. And my brother had had enough and my dad had had enough.

My brother was there. Some of his friends from high school were there. And I guess I had just shown up at their house drunk as shit. And I don't remember what happened, but I'm sure I picked a fight because I used to do that. And my brother had had enough and my dad had had enough.

And I don't remember what happened, but I remember waking up in jail the next day with black eyes like I'd had the hell beat out of me. And I was the one that went to jail because I'm sure I was the instigator, you know. So that's my first time going to jail. They charged me with, I guess, two counts of domestic battery because it was my dad and my brother.

And I don't remember what happened, but I remember waking up in jail the next day with black eyes like I'd had the hell beat out of me. And I was the one that went to jail because I'm sure I was the instigator, you know. So that's my first time going to jail. They charged me with, I guess, two counts of domestic battery because it was my dad and my brother.

And I don't remember what happened, but I remember waking up in jail the next day with black eyes like I'd had the hell beat out of me. And I was the one that went to jail because I'm sure I was the instigator, you know. So that's my first time going to jail. They charged me with, I guess, two counts of domestic battery because it was my dad and my brother.