Ben Owen

right back to drinking every day, right back to drinking at 6 o'clock in the morning, to the point that they figured it out at Pfizer training and put me out on short-term disability for being an alcoholic. I'm like, that seems retarded. The way this works at Pfizer at the time, if you're on short-term disability, you still get paid and you're not allowed to work at all.

right back to drinking every day, right back to drinking at 6 o'clock in the morning, to the point that they figured it out at Pfizer training and put me out on short-term disability for being an alcoholic. I'm like, that seems retarded. The way this works at Pfizer at the time, if you're on short-term disability, you still get paid and you're not allowed to work at all.

And I thought that was the dumbest thing I've ever heard in my life. I was excited to be working. I came out of Pfizer training with like one of the highest test scores ever. They hired me to sell pain management meds. And an inhaled insulin that ended up bombing a couple of years later. But I excelled in the training. Like all that medical love had come back.

And I thought that was the dumbest thing I've ever heard in my life. I was excited to be working. I came out of Pfizer training with like one of the highest test scores ever. They hired me to sell pain management meds. And an inhaled insulin that ended up bombing a couple of years later. But I excelled in the training. Like all that medical love had come back.

And I thought that was the dumbest thing I've ever heard in my life. I was excited to be working. I came out of Pfizer training with like one of the highest test scores ever. They hired me to sell pain management meds. And an inhaled insulin that ended up bombing a couple of years later. But I excelled in the training. Like all that medical love had come back.

I've got a job explaining to doctors the pharmacokinetics of, you know, different drugs. And it was awesome. I wanted to work. And they wouldn't let me because I had this drinking problem. And we've just moved to Memphis. We're in a new city. We don't know anybody. And I did get to work a little bit out in the field and do my actual job before the chips all came falling down on this shit.

I've got a job explaining to doctors the pharmacokinetics of, you know, different drugs. And it was awesome. I wanted to work. And they wouldn't let me because I had this drinking problem. And we've just moved to Memphis. We're in a new city. We don't know anybody. And I did get to work a little bit out in the field and do my actual job before the chips all came falling down on this shit.

I've got a job explaining to doctors the pharmacokinetics of, you know, different drugs. And it was awesome. I wanted to work. And they wouldn't let me because I had this drinking problem. And we've just moved to Memphis. We're in a new city. We don't know anybody. And I did get to work a little bit out in the field and do my actual job before the chips all came falling down on this shit.

And I ended up getting, I want to say alcoholic psychosis, but it was worse than that, Wernicke-Korsakoff's. It's supposed to be permanent brain damage from the amount I was drinking. And it was so bad that the neurologist that was telling us about this told Erin that she needed to start taking videos of me and the kids so that I would remember them because pretty soon I'm not.

And I ended up getting, I want to say alcoholic psychosis, but it was worse than that, Wernicke-Korsakoff's. It's supposed to be permanent brain damage from the amount I was drinking. And it was so bad that the neurologist that was telling us about this told Erin that she needed to start taking videos of me and the kids so that I would remember them because pretty soon I'm not.

And I ended up getting, I want to say alcoholic psychosis, but it was worse than that, Wernicke-Korsakoff's. It's supposed to be permanent brain damage from the amount I was drinking. And it was so bad that the neurologist that was telling us about this told Erin that she needed to start taking videos of me and the kids so that I would remember them because pretty soon I'm not.

My brain is turning into Swiss cheese from the amount of alcohol I'm consuming. And that if I ever drink again, I'm going to die. And I refused to accept that. I backed off of my drinking because I was having very bad memory problems. Very bad. Like, it was frightening, scaring the shit out of me. Like, I did believe the doctors that I might have the memory thing.

My brain is turning into Swiss cheese from the amount of alcohol I'm consuming. And that if I ever drink again, I'm going to die. And I refused to accept that. I backed off of my drinking because I was having very bad memory problems. Very bad. Like, it was frightening, scaring the shit out of me. Like, I did believe the doctors that I might have the memory thing.

My brain is turning into Swiss cheese from the amount of alcohol I'm consuming. And that if I ever drink again, I'm going to die. And I refused to accept that. I backed off of my drinking because I was having very bad memory problems. Very bad. Like, it was frightening, scaring the shit out of me. Like, I did believe the doctors that I might have the memory thing.

I didn't believe I was going to die if I drank again. This was in early 2007. I'm not wanting to accept I'm an alcoholic. You know, outside looking in, bro, you were 25 years old or whatever I was, and you drank an organ out of your body. Like, that's a clue, you know? If you're any age and you drink until you're puking up blood, you're not a person that should drink.

I didn't believe I was going to die if I drank again. This was in early 2007. I'm not wanting to accept I'm an alcoholic. You know, outside looking in, bro, you were 25 years old or whatever I was, and you drank an organ out of your body. Like, that's a clue, you know? If you're any age and you drink until you're puking up blood, you're not a person that should drink.

I didn't believe I was going to die if I drank again. This was in early 2007. I'm not wanting to accept I'm an alcoholic. You know, outside looking in, bro, you were 25 years old or whatever I was, and you drank an organ out of your body. Like, that's a clue, you know? If you're any age and you drink until you're puking up blood, you're not a person that should drink.

So, outside looking in, I think the whole world knows Ben's a raging alcoholic. Everybody but Ben accepts this. And I was still obsessed with the fact that, no, I'm just, I'm a real man. I can drink. And, um... We ended up at my parents' house. It's Easter Sunday of 2007. And they tried to do an intervention with me. And I wanted absolutely nothing to do with that at all.

So, outside looking in, I think the whole world knows Ben's a raging alcoholic. Everybody but Ben accepts this. And I was still obsessed with the fact that, no, I'm just, I'm a real man. I can drink. And, um... We ended up at my parents' house. It's Easter Sunday of 2007. And they tried to do an intervention with me. And I wanted absolutely nothing to do with that at all.

So, outside looking in, I think the whole world knows Ben's a raging alcoholic. Everybody but Ben accepts this. And I was still obsessed with the fact that, no, I'm just, I'm a real man. I can drink. And, um... We ended up at my parents' house. It's Easter Sunday of 2007. And they tried to do an intervention with me. And I wanted absolutely nothing to do with that at all.