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Steroids
Okay this guy I used to be obsessed with is taking sterioids and I'm really scared for him. At first, he was just taking Creatine but I guess he wanted more. I dont know why I care about him so much -- he ruined my life but yeah. I care. I forgot what the names of the steroids are -- but I was wondering...will he die if he keeps using them? I tell him to stop but he's just like "My body is used to them and if I stop now...My body will get screwed up"
Also hes joining the army in June, so dont they drug test him or something?
If he dies, I'll hate my life forever.
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Well first off he's lucky to even have someone who cares that much about his well being. Creatine is not a steroid and has nothing to do with steroids- so don't worry about that- its a very very safe supplement. My viewpoint on steroids are that it is just like any other drug- if used correctly in the right amounts it actually helps to benefit the body and not destroy it- their original development in the 1930's was meant to help men with low testosterone output. However they can be dangerous if used carelessly with a combination of different lifestyle factors such as excessive partying, diet depletion and things like that. The media really paints a very bad picture about steroids that they are evil and bad but unlike other drugs they were originally intended to help people and were not illegal up until about 1990. Now in your case he sounds like an uninformed user who is driven by ego rather than logic and could possibly get hurt because of it. Since the steroids are not physically addicting- the results you get from them cause you to become mentally addicted because the weights go up easier, you get more separation and definition and you dont want to see that go away. Steroids are something that are intended to be used by the professionals in sports and bodybuilding and not the casual lifter simply because everybody over does it and winds up getting hurt. If you take 2 aspirin it will cure your headache right? What if you take 50 at the same time- you die...same thing with anabolics. Caution him that they are first off illegal- a Class 3 scheduled drug in the same category as cocaine, expensive and usually not of pharmaceutical grade quality because dealers ar ejust looking to make a buck. Soem are even as sick to put clorox and olive oil in a mixture and sell it in a vial as Deca Durabolin or another injectible steroid. So once again- the likeliness of a steroid user to die immediately is slim- but the deeper you get into the results you see from them- the more consumed in them you become and you do more of them and this is where you get into trouble. Tell him to just simply dont do it- the legal and health risks are too high.
By the way most drug tests dont test for steroids- thats a fairly expensive separate test so many companies and agencies avoid separate steroid testing for expense reasons- I imagine the army doesnt do this though.
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