Ben Owen

Um, and they were like, we're just gonna leave you in jail until we figure out what to do with you. Cause you can't go home. Uh, you can't go back to the halfway house. You know, we don't know what to do with you. And so I spent my birthday or not my birthday. I spent Thanksgiving in jail. They kept me. God, they probably kept me a month that time with no bond. Like there's no hope of getting out.

Um, and they were like, we're just gonna leave you in jail until we figure out what to do with you. Cause you can't go home. Uh, you can't go back to the halfway house. You know, we don't know what to do with you. And so I spent my birthday or not my birthday. I spent Thanksgiving in jail. They kept me. God, they probably kept me a month that time with no bond. Like there's no hope of getting out.

You get out when the judge says you can get out. And I pissed the judge off at this point because he took a chance on me. Even though we expected it to happen, he's mad. They finally let me out December 17th. And I'll never forget this. That day in court, because the jail backs up to the courthouse. It's literally like underneath the court kind of. So they took me into the courtroom from jail.

You get out when the judge says you can get out. And I pissed the judge off at this point because he took a chance on me. Even though we expected it to happen, he's mad. They finally let me out December 17th. And I'll never forget this. That day in court, because the jail backs up to the courthouse. It's literally like underneath the court kind of. So they took me into the courtroom from jail.

You get out when the judge says you can get out. And I pissed the judge off at this point because he took a chance on me. Even though we expected it to happen, he's mad. They finally let me out December 17th. And I'll never forget this. That day in court, because the jail backs up to the courthouse. It's literally like underneath the court kind of. So they took me into the courtroom from jail.

And this guy named Brian Owens comes up to me and asked me, he's like, you tired of living like this, dude? I was like, yeah, I'm really tired of living like this. And he looked me in the eye for a minute. He's like, you know, you don't have to. And I don't know why that simple yet incredibly profound statement hit me like a ton of bricks, dude. I started bawling in the middle of the court.

And this guy named Brian Owens comes up to me and asked me, he's like, you tired of living like this, dude? I was like, yeah, I'm really tired of living like this. And he looked me in the eye for a minute. He's like, you know, you don't have to. And I don't know why that simple yet incredibly profound statement hit me like a ton of bricks, dude. I started bawling in the middle of the court.

And this guy named Brian Owens comes up to me and asked me, he's like, you tired of living like this, dude? I was like, yeah, I'm really tired of living like this. And he looked me in the eye for a minute. He's like, you know, you don't have to. And I don't know why that simple yet incredibly profound statement hit me like a ton of bricks, dude. I started bawling in the middle of the court.

It was weird, but it just hit me. Because I could tell by the way he said it. This guy that I'm just now meeting for the first time, in the way he said that, I could tell he's been where I was. He literally where I was. I come to find out later he had been standing on the other side of that wall years ago as a client in drug court, and today he works for that court.

It was weird, but it just hit me. Because I could tell by the way he said it. This guy that I'm just now meeting for the first time, in the way he said that, I could tell he's been where I was. He literally where I was. I come to find out later he had been standing on the other side of that wall years ago as a client in drug court, and today he works for that court.

It was weird, but it just hit me. Because I could tell by the way he said it. This guy that I'm just now meeting for the first time, in the way he said that, I could tell he's been where I was. He literally where I was. I come to find out later he had been standing on the other side of that wall years ago as a client in drug court, and today he works for that court.

But I could tell this guy knew something. He knew a way out of this, you know, and he told me that he was going to get me out of jail that day, and then he wanted me to meet him at a Narcotics Anonymous meeting that night. Now, I'd been to N.A. back in California, but I just used it as a place to pick up chicks. I didn't pay any attention.

But I could tell this guy knew something. He knew a way out of this, you know, and he told me that he was going to get me out of jail that day, and then he wanted me to meet him at a Narcotics Anonymous meeting that night. Now, I'd been to N.A. back in California, but I just used it as a place to pick up chicks. I didn't pay any attention.

But I could tell this guy knew something. He knew a way out of this, you know, and he told me that he was going to get me out of jail that day, and then he wanted me to meet him at a Narcotics Anonymous meeting that night. Now, I'd been to N.A. back in California, but I just used it as a place to pick up chicks. I didn't pay any attention.

But I would do whatever I had to do to get Brian to get me out of jail. and I would do whatever I had to do to not live that way anymore. And I meant it. Like with every fiber of my being, I meant that shit. I was dead set on I'm going to do this. And so he got me out of jail.

But I would do whatever I had to do to get Brian to get me out of jail. and I would do whatever I had to do to not live that way anymore. And I meant it. Like with every fiber of my being, I meant that shit. I was dead set on I'm going to do this. And so he got me out of jail.

But I would do whatever I had to do to get Brian to get me out of jail. and I would do whatever I had to do to not live that way anymore. And I meant it. Like with every fiber of my being, I meant that shit. I was dead set on I'm going to do this. And so he got me out of jail.

I found out after I left the jail that day that the judge was dead serious when he said I can't go home and I can't go to the halfway house. But they forgot to figure out what to do with me, so I had to figure that out. which I'm sure was 100% intentional, right? They wanted to see what I was going to do.

I found out after I left the jail that day that the judge was dead serious when he said I can't go home and I can't go to the halfway house. But they forgot to figure out what to do with me, so I had to figure that out. which I'm sure was 100% intentional, right? They wanted to see what I was going to do.

I found out after I left the jail that day that the judge was dead serious when he said I can't go home and I can't go to the halfway house. But they forgot to figure out what to do with me, so I had to figure that out. which I'm sure was 100% intentional, right? They wanted to see what I was going to do.