#178 Ben Owen - Veteran’s Escape from Addiction & Survival in America’s Most Violent Streets

Shawn Ryan Show

Society & Culture, Philosophy

4.9 • 38.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2025

⏱️ 328 minutes

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Ben Owen is an Army Infantry veteran, a father to eight children, graduate of the University of Alabama, and American Patriot. From startups to Fortune 500 companies, Ben has excelled in leadership, strategy, raising brand awareness and sales. He is the President of digital media and data intel company Black Rifle Co, co-founder of We Fight Monsters, and CEO of Flanders Fields, where his mission is to stand up as many Flanders owned clean living facilities as possible to get veterans clean and off the streets through volunteer missions in the United States and around the world. As a previously homeless and addicted veteran, Ben has seen some of the worst the world has to offer. In this episode, he shares his story of rising above the extraordinary hardships he’s faced in order to bring hope and help to as many people as he can. Shawn Ryan Show Sponsors: https://ShawnLikesGold.com | 855-936-GOLD #goldcopartner https://amac.us/srs https://meetfabric.com/shawn https://americanfinancing.net/srs | 866-781-8900 | NMLS 182334, www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org https://hillsdale.edu/srs https://patriotmobile.com/srs | 972-PATRIOT This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/srs and get on your way to being your best self. https://helixsleep.com/srs https://rocketmoney.com/srs https://prizepicks.onelink.me/LME0/SRS https://blackbuffalo.com Ben Owen Links: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/therealbenowen/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/therealbenowen Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/p/Ben-Owen-100077606762984/ Black Rifle Co - https://www.blackrifle.company/ Flanders Fields - https://flandersfields.org/ We Fight Monsters - https://wefightmonsters.org/ Once American - https://onceamerican.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:30.2	I know my team's getting ready to go down there and do that with you. Yeah. I'm going to take
0:35.8	them to 1428 at Wilbert Street, the house that used to be full of bullet holes.
0:40.1	There is a woman and her three children living in that house that just celebrated Christmas.
0:45.3	The women that used to sell dope out of that house, I've got them housed in another old
0:49.6	trap house around the corner.
0:50.8	So I was nearing rock bottom and stole a bunch of
0:54.9	dokes in Crescia. Do you know that? Yeah and I want the kid you did they. You know
1:00.1	when the doctors told me that I was dying and I was really relieved because I was
1:03.8	sick of living like that you know I was really couldn't be more stoked about it. I
1:07.3	mean I didn't want to die a junkie but that's kind of where life had brought me.
1:11.5	This is where we housed the females who were selling their bodies. Those who would not submit,
1:18.6	they got dealt with harshly, very harshly. I started using when I was 12 years old. I mean,
1:26.2	life just started getting worse after that, Constantly in and out of jail.
1:29.3	Didn't beat on domestic violence,
1:31.3	spent. Ben Owen.
1:50.0	Sean Ryan. Ben Owen.
2:03.8	Sean Ryan.
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