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Ben Owen

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The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

You know, got two kids in the house. I'd gotten off disability at this point and been in the field absolutely kicking ass, like overselling quotas left and right, setting sales records. Like, I deserve a goddamn drink. Y'all can fuck off. You know, I'm off to a hotter start than my dad was. That's the way I'm looking at this. And so I left the house real pissed off.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

You know, got two kids in the house. I'd gotten off disability at this point and been in the field absolutely kicking ass, like overselling quotas left and right, setting sales records. Like, I deserve a goddamn drink. Y'all can fuck off. You know, I'm off to a hotter start than my dad was. That's the way I'm looking at this. And so I left the house real pissed off.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

You know, got two kids in the house. I'd gotten off disability at this point and been in the field absolutely kicking ass, like overselling quotas left and right, setting sales records. Like, I deserve a goddamn drink. Y'all can fuck off. You know, I'm off to a hotter start than my dad was. That's the way I'm looking at this. And so I left the house real pissed off.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

And I hit Scottsboro, Alabama, going about 130, and the car flipped. single car accident, I was buckled, and my seat broke on the second or third flip, and I went out the rear windshield, going over 100 miles an hour. And I remember flying through the air, and I had time to cognitively think, I need to make sure I land on my feet.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

And I hit Scottsboro, Alabama, going about 130, and the car flipped. single car accident, I was buckled, and my seat broke on the second or third flip, and I went out the rear windshield, going over 100 miles an hour. And I remember flying through the air, and I had time to cognitively think, I need to make sure I land on my feet.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

And I hit Scottsboro, Alabama, going about 130, and the car flipped. single car accident, I was buckled, and my seat broke on the second or third flip, and I went out the rear windshield, going over 100 miles an hour. And I remember flying through the air, and I had time to cognitively think, I need to make sure I land on my feet.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

And right about that time, my face hit the grass in the media, and I had road burn all over my head. I bounced, flipped end over end several times, I ended up breaking my pelvis in three places, which if you're not familiar with pelvic fractures, it's extremely dangerous. All your organs sit in your pelvis.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

And right about that time, my face hit the grass in the media, and I had road burn all over my head. I bounced, flipped end over end several times, I ended up breaking my pelvis in three places, which if you're not familiar with pelvic fractures, it's extremely dangerous. All your organs sit in your pelvis.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

And right about that time, my face hit the grass in the media, and I had road burn all over my head. I bounced, flipped end over end several times, I ended up breaking my pelvis in three places, which if you're not familiar with pelvic fractures, it's extremely dangerous. All your organs sit in your pelvis.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

My left leg, the one that I'd screwed up in the army and in football, was completely demolished. Half of my tibia is now bone filler. They had to reconstruct the tibial plateau. Plate's in there. That's a few other broken bones. That was it for me. I got sober that day. And it would have stayed it if I had just done. This is 2007.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

My left leg, the one that I'd screwed up in the army and in football, was completely demolished. Half of my tibia is now bone filler. They had to reconstruct the tibial plateau. Plate's in there. That's a few other broken bones. That was it for me. I got sober that day. And it would have stayed it if I had just done. This is 2007.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

My left leg, the one that I'd screwed up in the army and in football, was completely demolished. Half of my tibia is now bone filler. They had to reconstruct the tibial plateau. Plate's in there. That's a few other broken bones. That was it for me. I got sober that day. And it would have stayed it if I had just done. This is 2007.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

If I had done in 2007 what they've been telling me to do since 1997, which is go to fucking meetings. Like, you're not special. This is a problem lots of people have. You go to these meetings, they make you better. If I'd have been willing to do that, I'd have stayed sober for me. It's your Sunday, 2007, and me and you wouldn't be sitting here right now. Um, I, uh, I decided to leave Pfizer.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

If I had done in 2007 what they've been telling me to do since 1997, which is go to fucking meetings. Like, you're not special. This is a problem lots of people have. You go to these meetings, they make you better. If I'd have been willing to do that, I'd have stayed sober for me. It's your Sunday, 2007, and me and you wouldn't be sitting here right now. Um, I, uh, I decided to leave Pfizer.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

If I had done in 2007 what they've been telling me to do since 1997, which is go to fucking meetings. Like, you're not special. This is a problem lots of people have. You go to these meetings, they make you better. If I'd have been willing to do that, I'd have stayed sober for me. It's your Sunday, 2007, and me and you wouldn't be sitting here right now. Um, I, uh, I decided to leave Pfizer.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

I was going to do everything other than go to meetings, though. I was not going to drink. I even quit cigarettes. I quit every mental health medication they had me on. I was drunk when I wrecked the car. I was also on Klonopin, which was prescribed to me. I was also on Xanax, which was prescribed to me. Why I'm on both of those at the same time is beyond me.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

I was going to do everything other than go to meetings, though. I was not going to drink. I even quit cigarettes. I quit every mental health medication they had me on. I was drunk when I wrecked the car. I was also on Klonopin, which was prescribed to me. I was also on Xanax, which was prescribed to me. Why I'm on both of those at the same time is beyond me.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

I was going to do everything other than go to meetings, though. I was not going to drink. I even quit cigarettes. I quit every mental health medication they had me on. I was drunk when I wrecked the car. I was also on Klonopin, which was prescribed to me. I was also on Xanax, which was prescribed to me. Why I'm on both of those at the same time is beyond me.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

I'm on, like, 100 milligrams of Adderall a day. Like, I'm on all the dope. State Trooper saw how fucked up I was and was like, pretty sure you're taking some stuff you're not supposed to, but I'm not charging you, you know? And I was like, that's it. God just winked at me. I'm taking it. I'm taking it and I'm fixing my life. So I quit smoking cigarettes. I quit all the meds. And I got sober.

The Shawn Ryan Show
#178 Ben Owen - Inside the Life of an Addict

I'm on, like, 100 milligrams of Adderall a day. Like, I'm on all the dope. State Trooper saw how fucked up I was and was like, pretty sure you're taking some stuff you're not supposed to, but I'm not charging you, you know? And I was like, that's it. God just winked at me. I'm taking it. I'm taking it and I'm fixing my life. So I quit smoking cigarettes. I quit all the meds. And I got sober.