Ben Owen

I wanted to be away from her. I was so mad. And, you know, I don't know if you've ever done 12-step recovery, but in the rooms they always say resentments are the number one offender. Resentment is the most common thing that sends people back on a relapse.

And I was taking my recovery pretty seriously at this point in time, so I was trying to avoid resentments, which meant avoiding her and the house. So we spent a lot of time out in the woods, a lot of time fishing as March rolled around, a lot of time hiking. And I started hanging out with this other guy in Drug Court named Thomas who loved fishing too. And we'd go fishing all the time.

And I was taking my recovery pretty seriously at this point in time, so I was trying to avoid resentments, which meant avoiding her and the house. So we spent a lot of time out in the woods, a lot of time fishing as March rolled around, a lot of time hiking. And I started hanging out with this other guy in Drug Court named Thomas who loved fishing too. And we'd go fishing all the time.

And I was taking my recovery pretty seriously at this point in time, so I was trying to avoid resentments, which meant avoiding her and the house. So we spent a lot of time out in the woods, a lot of time fishing as March rolled around, a lot of time hiking. And I started hanging out with this other guy in Drug Court named Thomas who loved fishing too. And we'd go fishing all the time.

We'd go shooting together. His parents lived on a bunch of land. And before long, I had opened up to Thomas about what was going on at home. He's like, bro, just come stay up here, man. And so I was kicking that idea around about going to stay with Thomas, um, cause he lived up in Millington near the Navy base.

We'd go shooting together. His parents lived on a bunch of land. And before long, I had opened up to Thomas about what was going on at home. He's like, bro, just come stay up here, man. And so I was kicking that idea around about going to stay with Thomas, um, cause he lived up in Millington near the Navy base.

We'd go shooting together. His parents lived on a bunch of land. And before long, I had opened up to Thomas about what was going on at home. He's like, bro, just come stay up here, man. And so I was kicking that idea around about going to stay with Thomas, um, cause he lived up in Millington near the Navy base.

Um, we were in Lakeland, which is a suburb of Memphis at the time in the house that I bought when I got the job at Pfizer. I mean, we hadn't moved. Um, and my, my other best friend at the time was this little kid named Brandon Kelly. I call him a kid. He had some endocrine problems and literally looked like he was a child, like 14 years old. He was really 25. But I met him in jail.

Um, we were in Lakeland, which is a suburb of Memphis at the time in the house that I bought when I got the job at Pfizer. I mean, we hadn't moved. Um, and my, my other best friend at the time was this little kid named Brandon Kelly. I call him a kid. He had some endocrine problems and literally looked like he was a child, like 14 years old. He was really 25. But I met him in jail.

Um, we were in Lakeland, which is a suburb of Memphis at the time in the house that I bought when I got the job at Pfizer. I mean, we hadn't moved. Um, and my, my other best friend at the time was this little kid named Brandon Kelly. I call him a kid. He had some endocrine problems and literally looked like he was a child, like 14 years old. He was really 25. But I met him in jail.

I actually met him and Thomas both in jail. All three of us were on drug court. And so we just started hanging out a bunch. And then, you know, getting into early spring – Narcotics Anonymous does a lot of functions, or they'll do outings, like events where just people in recovery can go hang out at things that normally happen in Memphis. It's just a group of people that aren't doing drugs.

I actually met him and Thomas both in jail. All three of us were on drug court. And so we just started hanging out a bunch. And then, you know, getting into early spring – Narcotics Anonymous does a lot of functions, or they'll do outings, like events where just people in recovery can go hang out at things that normally happen in Memphis. It's just a group of people that aren't doing drugs.

I actually met him and Thomas both in jail. All three of us were on drug court. And so we just started hanging out a bunch. And then, you know, getting into early spring – Narcotics Anonymous does a lot of functions, or they'll do outings, like events where just people in recovery can go hang out at things that normally happen in Memphis. It's just a group of people that aren't doing drugs.

You know, it goes to these things. And so I started hanging out with those, with that crowd that's going to the stuff all around Memphis. And I had found an NA home group with Brandon Kelly. It was his home group, and That's where I met Jess. I had actually met her back in January at that Brian Owens guy, his wife or girlfriend at the time was celebrating her sober birthday.

You know, it goes to these things. And so I started hanging out with those, with that crowd that's going to the stuff all around Memphis. And I had found an NA home group with Brandon Kelly. It was his home group, and That's where I met Jess. I had actually met her back in January at that Brian Owens guy, his wife or girlfriend at the time was celebrating her sober birthday.

You know, it goes to these things. And so I started hanging out with those, with that crowd that's going to the stuff all around Memphis. And I had found an NA home group with Brandon Kelly. It was his home group, and That's where I met Jess. I had actually met her back in January at that Brian Owens guy, his wife or girlfriend at the time was celebrating her sober birthday.

And I met Jess at that birthday, but we didn't really talk much. Like we'd play trivia crack back and forth, you know, and texted a little bit, but nothing weird. But like I can tell, like she's somebody I enjoy spending time around. And so when the events picked back up in spring, you know, I found myself around her more and more.

And I met Jess at that birthday, but we didn't really talk much. Like we'd play trivia crack back and forth, you know, and texted a little bit, but nothing weird. But like I can tell, like she's somebody I enjoy spending time around. And so when the events picked back up in spring, you know, I found myself around her more and more.

And I met Jess at that birthday, but we didn't really talk much. Like we'd play trivia crack back and forth, you know, and texted a little bit, but nothing weird. But like I can tell, like she's somebody I enjoy spending time around. And so when the events picked back up in spring, you know, I found myself around her more and more.

And then one day she invited me and her boyfriend at the time to go to the Quentin Tarantino movie fest they were having to drive in. And I went and he no-showed and we'd watched like four or five Quentin Tarantino movies. And then the next day she invites me to go fishing with her. And I was like, well, hell yeah. You know what I'm thinking.