Ben Owen

My granddaddy, the one that picked me up from Fort Benning, was, oddly enough, battling a myotrophic lateral sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's disease, and was nearing the end of his life with that. You know, it's always terminal. And it's very rare for somebody to get it at his age. He was in his 70s. And my grandmother, his wife of 50 years, had Alzheimer's, and they were both getting close to the end.

My granddaddy, the one that picked me up from Fort Benning, was, oddly enough, battling a myotrophic lateral sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's disease, and was nearing the end of his life with that. You know, it's always terminal. And it's very rare for somebody to get it at his age. He was in his 70s. And my grandmother, his wife of 50 years, had Alzheimer's, and they were both getting close to the end.

My granddaddy, the one that picked me up from Fort Benning, was, oddly enough, battling a myotrophic lateral sclerosis, Lou Gehrig's disease, and was nearing the end of his life with that. You know, it's always terminal. And it's very rare for somebody to get it at his age. He was in his 70s. And my grandmother, his wife of 50 years, had Alzheimer's, and they were both getting close to the end.

That was one of the reasons we moved back to Alabama, was to be close to them. And I've always been extremely close to both of them, my grandparents. I mean, they were probably my two favorite people ever.

That was one of the reasons we moved back to Alabama, was to be close to them. And I've always been extremely close to both of them, my grandparents. I mean, they were probably my two favorite people ever.

That was one of the reasons we moved back to Alabama, was to be close to them. And I've always been extremely close to both of them, my grandparents. I mean, they were probably my two favorite people ever.

um and uh grenadine died um he did get to meet jackson um and uh i started drinking again um and really what i did was kind of up i i said i was going to quit for a year let's walk it all the way back you started drinking again

um and uh grenadine died um he did get to meet jackson um and uh i started drinking again um and really what i did was kind of up i i said i was going to quit for a year let's walk it all the way back you started drinking again

um and uh grenadine died um he did get to meet jackson um and uh i started drinking again um and really what i did was kind of up i i said i was going to quit for a year let's walk it all the way back you started drinking again

There really is not a decision-making process involved in this one. You're sober for a year at this point? I was sober for a year. And I told Aaron and Lauren back in Charlotte that I was going to quit drinking for a year. This year has passed and now I have an excuse. My favorite person on earth just died. A normal person can drink over that. I'm a normal person now. You see?

There really is not a decision-making process involved in this one. You're sober for a year at this point? I was sober for a year. And I told Aaron and Lauren back in Charlotte that I was going to quit drinking for a year. This year has passed and now I have an excuse. My favorite person on earth just died. A normal person can drink over that. I'm a normal person now. You see?

There really is not a decision-making process involved in this one. You're sober for a year at this point? I was sober for a year. And I told Aaron and Lauren back in Charlotte that I was going to quit drinking for a year. This year has passed and now I have an excuse. My favorite person on earth just died. A normal person can drink over that. I'm a normal person now. You see?

I put the alcohol down for a year voluntarily. That makes me normal. That was the fucked up thinking I was using. And I knew full well in the back of my mind I was not going to be able to maintain. Where did you go? Just a gas station right up the street. Yeah, yeah. I started drinking again. And oddly enough, I did hold it together. I mean, I was making all my classes.

I put the alcohol down for a year voluntarily. That makes me normal. That was the fucked up thinking I was using. And I knew full well in the back of my mind I was not going to be able to maintain. Where did you go? Just a gas station right up the street. Yeah, yeah. I started drinking again. And oddly enough, I did hold it together. I mean, I was making all my classes.

I put the alcohol down for a year voluntarily. That makes me normal. That was the fucked up thinking I was using. And I knew full well in the back of my mind I was not going to be able to maintain. Where did you go? Just a gas station right up the street. Yeah, yeah. I started drinking again. And oddly enough, I did hold it together. I mean, I was making all my classes.

My kid was well taken care of. My yard was perfectly manicured at the house my parents were paying for. I was making it, you know, I was working two jobs sometimes. Over the breaks, I would work 12-hour shifts, seven days a week for 30 days straight in a factory, making good money, but drinking. And I'm,

My kid was well taken care of. My yard was perfectly manicured at the house my parents were paying for. I was making it, you know, I was working two jobs sometimes. Over the breaks, I would work 12-hour shifts, seven days a week for 30 days straight in a factory, making good money, but drinking. And I'm,

My kid was well taken care of. My yard was perfectly manicured at the house my parents were paying for. I was making it, you know, I was working two jobs sometimes. Over the breaks, I would work 12-hour shifts, seven days a week for 30 days straight in a factory, making good money, but drinking. And I'm,

My parents found out, I guess Aaron had told them, or maybe they found a beer bottle or something, I don't know, and just raised holy hell over the fact that I was drinking again. And I broke it down like, I don't see what the problem is. Look at all of what I'm doing despite the fact that I'm drinking. Like, what's the big deal? Obviously, my parents know what the big deal is.

My parents found out, I guess Aaron had told them, or maybe they found a beer bottle or something, I don't know, and just raised holy hell over the fact that I was drinking again. And I broke it down like, I don't see what the problem is. Look at all of what I'm doing despite the fact that I'm drinking. Like, what's the big deal? Obviously, my parents know what the big deal is.