Ben Owen

You know, he had nobody. One of the letters his mom wrote when she killed herself

mentioned something to the effect of she she knew that he'd be okay because he had us looking out for him now and i failed to do that not only did i fail to do it i left him there to die and um and that would cut me really fucking deep man um just because of the totality of our story we didn't really have time to get into a lot of brandon but

mentioned something to the effect of she she knew that he'd be okay because he had us looking out for him now and i failed to do that not only did i fail to do it i left him there to die and um and that would cut me really fucking deep man um just because of the totality of our story we didn't really have time to get into a lot of brandon but

mentioned something to the effect of she she knew that he'd be okay because he had us looking out for him now and i failed to do that not only did i fail to do it i left him there to die and um and that would cut me really fucking deep man um just because of the totality of our story we didn't really have time to get into a lot of brandon but

Uh, he changed the way I look at a lot of things and I wouldn't have been able to get off of dope if it wasn't for him, even though he went back out. Um, we all did, but, uh, the one thing that didn't happen in that moment is we didn't want to get high. Neither one of us did. Um, I called my sponsor and I called Brian Owens and he talked to judge Dwyer.

Uh, he changed the way I look at a lot of things and I wouldn't have been able to get off of dope if it wasn't for him, even though he went back out. Um, we all did, but, uh, the one thing that didn't happen in that moment is we didn't want to get high. Neither one of us did. Um, I called my sponsor and I called Brian Owens and he talked to judge Dwyer.

Uh, he changed the way I look at a lot of things and I wouldn't have been able to get off of dope if it wasn't for him, even though he went back out. Um, we all did, but, uh, the one thing that didn't happen in that moment is we didn't want to get high. Neither one of us did. Um, I called my sponsor and I called Brian Owens and he talked to judge Dwyer.

Um, judge Dwyer was the drug court judge who had terminated me from his program. gave me a $200,000 bond and tried to send me to prison. And Dwyer offered up their nonprofit that we could fundraise for to bury Brandon because he literally had nobody left. And I used my social media presence to raise the money to bury him.

Um, judge Dwyer was the drug court judge who had terminated me from his program. gave me a $200,000 bond and tried to send me to prison. And Dwyer offered up their nonprofit that we could fundraise for to bury Brandon because he literally had nobody left. And I used my social media presence to raise the money to bury him.

Um, judge Dwyer was the drug court judge who had terminated me from his program. gave me a $200,000 bond and tried to send me to prison. And Dwyer offered up their nonprofit that we could fundraise for to bury Brandon because he literally had nobody left. And I used my social media presence to raise the money to bury him.

And we went back to Memphis and, you know, we had him cremated and then held a little memorial for him and gave the money we'd raised to the Drug Court Foundation. And we found some weird healing in that. Not just the act of memorializing him, but the fact that we were able to raise money to care for somebody else that we don't even know.

And we went back to Memphis and, you know, we had him cremated and then held a little memorial for him and gave the money we'd raised to the Drug Court Foundation. And we found some weird healing in that. Not just the act of memorializing him, but the fact that we were able to raise money to care for somebody else that we don't even know.

And we went back to Memphis and, you know, we had him cremated and then held a little memorial for him and gave the money we'd raised to the Drug Court Foundation. And we found some weird healing in that. Not just the act of memorializing him, but the fact that we were able to raise money to care for somebody else that we don't even know.

You know, just using a social media page, which at that time was nothing but shit posting. But it lit a spark in our minds. And then... As luck would have it, my sponsor was taking me through the steps very quickly, and I was getting ready for step 12 right about then, which is to be of service to those still struggling.

You know, just using a social media page, which at that time was nothing but shit posting. But it lit a spark in our minds. And then... As luck would have it, my sponsor was taking me through the steps very quickly, and I was getting ready for step 12 right about then, which is to be of service to those still struggling.

You know, just using a social media page, which at that time was nothing but shit posting. But it lit a spark in our minds. And then... As luck would have it, my sponsor was taking me through the steps very quickly, and I was getting ready for step 12 right about then, which is to be of service to those still struggling.

And something clicked in our heads, man, and we were like, we want to do this, and we want to find ways to raise money to help people who are fighting that battle. And I actually had the idea, probably high on crack back in 2017, to start a nonprofit called... Flanders Fields. You know the poem about Lieutenant Colonel John McRae and Flanders Fields where poppies grow? I don't.

And something clicked in our heads, man, and we were like, we want to do this, and we want to find ways to raise money to help people who are fighting that battle. And I actually had the idea, probably high on crack back in 2017, to start a nonprofit called... Flanders Fields. You know the poem about Lieutenant Colonel John McRae and Flanders Fields where poppies grow? I don't.

And something clicked in our heads, man, and we were like, we want to do this, and we want to find ways to raise money to help people who are fighting that battle. And I actually had the idea, probably high on crack back in 2017, to start a nonprofit called... Flanders Fields. You know the poem about Lieutenant Colonel John McRae and Flanders Fields where poppies grow? I don't.

Okay, it's a poem about World War I, about a field of opium poppies called Flanders Fields and the Battle of Ypres in Belgium. But it's got lots of imagery in it. There's dead people. You know, there's beauty rising from the ashes. There's opium poppies, which is what heroin comes from.