Ready....

[Balks]

First off, let me again express my kudos on a great board. it is refreshing to see so many willing to offer up their own experiences and guidance, and for free no less. As some may know, I am relatively new to this board, but not to the game. Forgive me if this is a repetitive question, I am sure I am not the first to ask. If so, ignore me. Anyway, at what point did you all (if it applies) decide to lean toward AS? Was it opportunity, the potential for growth, or did you feel you reached your genetic potential?

[SHINE]

Pretty much had reached my natural potentual and was obsessed with packing more size on, besides who want's to be a fitness averaged sized gym monkey?
And one of those old frineds came by and said "Hey! try this and grow"
And thousands of dollars later I'm still chemically enhanced!

Somewhat of a Juice Junkie really!

JUICE JUNKY!!! Nothing wrong with that!!!!!

[rocky dennis]

I had lots of older guys in my neighborhood on them when I was growing up,so it was pretty easy to get some when I wanted them.And the event that changed me...... A tryout for that show american gladiators.Sounds pretty gay now but at the time I really wanted to do my best and the rest is history.No I didn't get on the show for anyone interested.:(

[Lattimer]

Never wanted to be average. I could never achieve the look I wanted naturally.

[Grimek]

For me it was the need to keep improving. I'd been making very little growth each year (after about 8 years) but the training bug has bitten me for good. If I'm not going to the gym in a routine I feel like a scumbag (as if I just decided someday....hmmm, maybe this brushing my teeth thing isn't all that big a deal, I'll just quit) and I hated not making real improvement for the work. I got more and more willing to look into AS. I had only heard the medical industry and media version of the risks which I understand where they're coming from. If dude in college basketball locker room is jabbing test-susp. in thigh at half-time college dude get bad sides. The drive for competitive physical competition for big money mixed with AS is like fire and gasoline. I learned a little bit about how most sides are a result of excessive dosing. Now the couple of things I was concerned about before I tried I'm very comfortable with. The knowledge gained from this board gives me a better understanding of what's going on when I take AS than I have when I take asprin. A lot of people die every year from adverse reaction to medication as mundane as asprin but it doesn't sell as many newspapers as headline that says Body-builders head exploded after taking AS.

[chiliuno]

i needed a new class of drugs to abuse.

[58driver]

Originally posted by chiliuno
i needed a new class of drugs to abuse.

Ain't that the truth.

[Luckysaint]

I'm 100% Natural so I wouldn't no the answer to that question!

Drugs are bad, real bad.......



Luckysaint

[Grimek]

Originally posted by Luckysaint
I'm 100% Natural so I wouldn't no the answer to that question!

Me too....I forgot.

[Balks]

I appreciate your responses... I would say that I am feeling closest to Grimek in that I have invested years of hard work and discipline to see what I would deem mimimal results here and there, year after year. Of course in my mind I always think that could be more dedicated, smarter about diet and training and then I will really explode. I have had many a peer come in at a level far below mine, only to invoke a 'little help' and blow past my gains... frustrating to say the least.
My viewpoints have changed dramatically as I have increased my knowledge, and like you Grimek, the highly publicized worst case scenarios of less than knowledgable individuals skewed my opinions (I even had a close friend pass away at the age of 23). But once I did a little research, I have seen the light. Thanks again for your input.

-LOL LuckySaint, I am 100% naturally Artificial............ :insa