Ben Owen

I ended up having a methicillin-resistant staph infection that had recurred. Now this had happened before. It came back and it was really, really bad. Like they were talking about potentially I was gonna be an above-knee amputee if it moved anymore and I'm freaking the fuck out. They got me on a lot of pain medication. And I'm drinking again, you know, and that's not a good combination.

I wasn't abusing the pain medication, but I have a really high tolerance to opiates, and we've already established I'm bad about manipulating doctors. And so I convinced my doctor that I needed a lot more than I needed. And so I was physically addicted to prescribed pain pills. Which ones? Percocet. At first. Percocet at first.

I wasn't abusing the pain medication, but I have a really high tolerance to opiates, and we've already established I'm bad about manipulating doctors. And so I convinced my doctor that I needed a lot more than I needed. And so I was physically addicted to prescribed pain pills. Which ones? Percocet. At first. Percocet at first.

I wasn't abusing the pain medication, but I have a really high tolerance to opiates, and we've already established I'm bad about manipulating doctors. And so I convinced my doctor that I needed a lot more than I needed. And so I was physically addicted to prescribed pain pills. Which ones? Percocet. At first. Percocet at first.

Speaking of above-knee amputations, I actually had an amputee living on my couch at this point. He had come back from Iraq, lost a leg, and ended up addicted to oxycodone prescribed by the VA. We'd given him a job, got him off of our couch and moved him into the house next door to us. My parents had moved out. And he had been clean, like he went through rehab and he's rebuilding his life.

Speaking of above-knee amputations, I actually had an amputee living on my couch at this point. He had come back from Iraq, lost a leg, and ended up addicted to oxycodone prescribed by the VA. We'd given him a job, got him off of our couch and moved him into the house next door to us. My parents had moved out. And he had been clean, like he went through rehab and he's rebuilding his life.

Speaking of above-knee amputations, I actually had an amputee living on my couch at this point. He had come back from Iraq, lost a leg, and ended up addicted to oxycodone prescribed by the VA. We'd given him a job, got him off of our couch and moved him into the house next door to us. My parents had moved out. And he had been clean, like he went through rehab and he's rebuilding his life.

And I'm being an absolute asshole at work. And I realize it's these fucking pain pills. And so I flushed him down the toilet and he saw me do it. And he looked at me like I was a crazy person. I was like, what? I literally just cussed out a guy that spent $90,000 with me in the last 18 months. I can't do this. And he goes, he just laughed. And then it hit me.

And I'm being an absolute asshole at work. And I realize it's these fucking pain pills. And so I flushed him down the toilet and he saw me do it. And he looked at me like I was a crazy person. I was like, what? I literally just cussed out a guy that spent $90,000 with me in the last 18 months. I can't do this. And he goes, he just laughed. And then it hit me.

And I'm being an absolute asshole at work. And I realize it's these fucking pain pills. And so I flushed him down the toilet and he saw me do it. And he looked at me like I was a crazy person. I was like, what? I literally just cussed out a guy that spent $90,000 with me in the last 18 months. I can't do this. And he goes, he just laughed. And then it hit me.

I am physically addicted to these things, and I'm about to find out what it means to be dope sick. And sure as shit, I did. About eight hours later, I could not move. And then comes Sergeant Deaton with a little blue pill that he got from the VA, and that was the first time I ever took one of the 30-milligram Roxy's, and I was better like that. I say better.

I am physically addicted to these things, and I'm about to find out what it means to be dope sick. And sure as shit, I did. About eight hours later, I could not move. And then comes Sergeant Deaton with a little blue pill that he got from the VA, and that was the first time I ever took one of the 30-milligram Roxy's, and I was better like that. I say better.

I am physically addicted to these things, and I'm about to find out what it means to be dope sick. And sure as shit, I did. About eight hours later, I could not move. And then comes Sergeant Deaton with a little blue pill that he got from the VA, and that was the first time I ever took one of the 30-milligram Roxy's, and I was better like that. I say better.

I was addicted to something much, much stronger. So it started out with the prescribed pain pill habit, and it progressed to somebody else's prescription, and then it progressed even worse than that. To what? So I went back and forth with the pain pill addiction for probably all of 2012. It made me realize this drinking problem is getting worse quickly.

I was addicted to something much, much stronger. So it started out with the prescribed pain pill habit, and it progressed to somebody else's prescription, and then it progressed even worse than that. To what? So I went back and forth with the pain pill addiction for probably all of 2012. It made me realize this drinking problem is getting worse quickly.

I was addicted to something much, much stronger. So it started out with the prescribed pain pill habit, and it progressed to somebody else's prescription, and then it progressed even worse than that. To what? So I went back and forth with the pain pill addiction for probably all of 2012. It made me realize this drinking problem is getting worse quickly.

And so I went to rehab, detox, anyway, in Georgia. On your own accord? Oh, yeah. I wanted it, you know. But I still had this air of entitlement about me. You know, I own a business. I've housed a homeless veteran. I give them a job. You know, I only drink single malt scotch. You know, I'm bougie. And so I had to go to this expensive-ass place where Steve Rivon and Burt Reynolds got cleaned.

And so I went to rehab, detox, anyway, in Georgia. On your own accord? Oh, yeah. I wanted it, you know. But I still had this air of entitlement about me. You know, I own a business. I've housed a homeless veteran. I give them a job. You know, I only drink single malt scotch. You know, I'm bougie. And so I had to go to this expensive-ass place where Steve Rivon and Burt Reynolds got cleaned.

And so I went to rehab, detox, anyway, in Georgia. On your own accord? Oh, yeah. I wanted it, you know. But I still had this air of entitlement about me. You know, I own a business. I've housed a homeless veteran. I give them a job. You know, I only drink single malt scotch. You know, I'm bougie. And so I had to go to this expensive-ass place where Steve Rivon and Burt Reynolds got cleaned.

And I wasn't going to file it on insurance either because I also have started up Black Rifle and Brushfire Tactical and these other tactical e-commerce brands. I don't want my name. I don't want anybody knowing I'm an alcoholic. You had already started all these other companies? 2012, yeah. I started those up on Shopify. This was before Shopify said you can't sell guns on here.