Ben Owen

And it is terminal. If you think you're special and different than another addict or alcoholic, the chances of you being able to lean on their experience, strength, and hope to get better, it's cut infinitesimally small because you're nullifying their experience and thinking it can't help you just because they don't have some of the other experiences you have.

And I don't know that I'm the right guy to take that conversation to the masses because I'm barely even a veteran. And I'm definitely not a combat veteran. But I'm just speaking from experience. We've seen this time and again with vets that want to hold on to that, what makes them special. And they are special. They're less than 1% of the population. They're special.

And I don't know that I'm the right guy to take that conversation to the masses because I'm barely even a veteran. And I'm definitely not a combat veteran. But I'm just speaking from experience. We've seen this time and again with vets that want to hold on to that, what makes them special. And they are special. They're less than 1% of the population. They're special.

And I don't know that I'm the right guy to take that conversation to the masses because I'm barely even a veteran. And I'm definitely not a combat veteran. But I'm just speaking from experience. We've seen this time and again with vets that want to hold on to that, what makes them special. And they are special. They're less than 1% of the population. They're special.

But when it comes to getting off dope or putting down a bottle, no, you can't be special in that regard.

But when it comes to getting off dope or putting down a bottle, no, you can't be special in that regard.

But when it comes to getting off dope or putting down a bottle, no, you can't be special in that regard.

The line gets blurred. And understandably so, but it's still there. And it's still a massive impediment to vets that are trying to get sober. They've got to shred that or shed the victim mentality. And it's hard. It's hard to tell somebody that. We're into trafficking survivors too. The same mentality and the same incentivization to maintain victimhood gets pushed on them.

The line gets blurred. And understandably so, but it's still there. And it's still a massive impediment to vets that are trying to get sober. They've got to shred that or shed the victim mentality. And it's hard. It's hard to tell somebody that. We're into trafficking survivors too. The same mentality and the same incentivization to maintain victimhood gets pushed on them.

The line gets blurred. And understandably so, but it's still there. And it's still a massive impediment to vets that are trying to get sober. They've got to shred that or shed the victim mentality. And it's hard. It's hard to tell somebody that. We're into trafficking survivors too. The same mentality and the same incentivization to maintain victimhood gets pushed on them.

Yep. And your identity becomes wrapped up in that. You lose sight of who you really are.

Yep. And your identity becomes wrapped up in that. You lose sight of who you really are.

Yep. And your identity becomes wrapped up in that. You lose sight of who you really are.

When that role is over, you lose your entire sense of who you are.

When that role is over, you lose your entire sense of who you are.

When that role is over, you lose your entire sense of who you are.

100%.

100%.

100%.

Well, that's who you thought you were.