Ben Owen

How did you tell your kids you're getting divorced? I didn't. Aaron didn't. And then Christmas Eve, we told them, never mind, we're not. Like, Merry Christmas. And, you know, we had a real happy Christmas. Everything was great. But then New Year's Eve came, and I found that out about the business. And it was just the totality. It was too much.

How did you tell your kids you're getting divorced? I didn't. Aaron didn't. And then Christmas Eve, we told them, never mind, we're not. Like, Merry Christmas. And, you know, we had a real happy Christmas. Everything was great. But then New Year's Eve came, and I found that out about the business. And it was just the totality. It was too much.

And I also knew that, like, as far as my part went, like, I'm not saying she did all the damage. I'd done tons of damage. It was all my fault to begin with. So I owned that. And I knew in the back of my head that she might think she can get over all this, but she's never going to trust me again. I have destroyed our lives.

And I also knew that, like, as far as my part went, like, I'm not saying she did all the damage. I'd done tons of damage. It was all my fault to begin with. So I owned that. And I knew in the back of my head that she might think she can get over all this, but she's never going to trust me again. I have destroyed our lives.

And I also knew that, like, as far as my part went, like, I'm not saying she did all the damage. I'd done tons of damage. It was all my fault to begin with. So I owned that. And I knew in the back of my head that she might think she can get over all this, but she's never going to trust me again. I have destroyed our lives.

Our life savings invested in a firearms collection has been stolen by the police. I'll never get them back. That one, I actually sued the state of Tennessee trying to get those back. Lost because I took too long to file it. But, you know, the business we had poured blood, sweat, and tears into that my kids had sacrificed hours and hours of time with me, I ran that into the ground.

Our life savings invested in a firearms collection has been stolen by the police. I'll never get them back. That one, I actually sued the state of Tennessee trying to get those back. Lost because I took too long to file it. But, you know, the business we had poured blood, sweat, and tears into that my kids had sacrificed hours and hours of time with me, I ran that into the ground.

Our life savings invested in a firearms collection has been stolen by the police. I'll never get them back. That one, I actually sued the state of Tennessee trying to get those back. Lost because I took too long to file it. But, you know, the business we had poured blood, sweat, and tears into that my kids had sacrificed hours and hours of time with me, I ran that into the ground.

Like, so I'm not sitting here trying to say it's because of the infidelity or it's because of the warehouse. It was the totality of all of these things. I, we, we destroyed that marriage. Um, and so I spent a lot of time with the kids, January and February. Um, And part of that was because I wanted to spend time with my kids. Part of it was because I wanted to get the fuck away from the house.

Like, so I'm not sitting here trying to say it's because of the infidelity or it's because of the warehouse. It was the totality of all of these things. I, we, we destroyed that marriage. Um, and so I spent a lot of time with the kids, January and February. Um, And part of that was because I wanted to spend time with my kids. Part of it was because I wanted to get the fuck away from the house.

Like, so I'm not sitting here trying to say it's because of the infidelity or it's because of the warehouse. It was the totality of all of these things. I, we, we destroyed that marriage. Um, and so I spent a lot of time with the kids, January and February. Um, And part of that was because I wanted to spend time with my kids. Part of it was because I wanted to get the fuck away from the house.

I wanted to be away from her. I was so mad. And, you know, I don't know if you've ever done 12-step recovery, but in the rooms they always say resentments are the number one offender. Resentment is the most common thing that sends people back on a relapse.

I wanted to be away from her. I was so mad. And, you know, I don't know if you've ever done 12-step recovery, but in the rooms they always say resentments are the number one offender. Resentment is the most common thing that sends people back on a relapse.

I wanted to be away from her. I was so mad. And, you know, I don't know if you've ever done 12-step recovery, but in the rooms they always say resentments are the number one offender. Resentment is the most common thing that sends people back on a relapse.

And I was taking my recovery pretty seriously at this point in time, so I was trying to avoid resentments, which meant avoiding her and the house. So we spent a lot of time out in the woods, a lot of time fishing as March rolled around, a lot of time hiking. And I started hanging out with this other guy in Drug Court named Thomas who loved fishing too. And we'd go fishing all the time.

And I was taking my recovery pretty seriously at this point in time, so I was trying to avoid resentments, which meant avoiding her and the house. So we spent a lot of time out in the woods, a lot of time fishing as March rolled around, a lot of time hiking. And I started hanging out with this other guy in Drug Court named Thomas who loved fishing too. And we'd go fishing all the time.

And I was taking my recovery pretty seriously at this point in time, so I was trying to avoid resentments, which meant avoiding her and the house. So we spent a lot of time out in the woods, a lot of time fishing as March rolled around, a lot of time hiking. And I started hanging out with this other guy in Drug Court named Thomas who loved fishing too. And we'd go fishing all the time.

We'd go shooting together. His parents lived on a bunch of land. And before long, I had opened up to Thomas about what was going on at home. He's like, bro, just come stay up here, man. And so I was kicking that idea around about going to stay with Thomas, um, cause he lived up in Millington near the Navy base.

We'd go shooting together. His parents lived on a bunch of land. And before long, I had opened up to Thomas about what was going on at home. He's like, bro, just come stay up here, man. And so I was kicking that idea around about going to stay with Thomas, um, cause he lived up in Millington near the Navy base.

We'd go shooting together. His parents lived on a bunch of land. And before long, I had opened up to Thomas about what was going on at home. He's like, bro, just come stay up here, man. And so I was kicking that idea around about going to stay with Thomas, um, cause he lived up in Millington near the Navy base.