Hey everyone,

I apologize if this has been done before but I figured it might be nice for some of the people new to using AAS or people who are doing research to decide if they want to try it if some of us share some of the mistakes we made early on that we wished we hadn’t made. Maybe it’s something you were doing horribly wrong, bad advice, or whatever you might think would be helpful to others. I figure if we share these things then maybe we can help someone else not make the same mistakes we did.

For me, I know I made a lot of mistakes early on simply due to my lack of knowledge, bad advice from people who I thought knew their shit, and pure immaturity. I was only 16 when I first started taking Andro. I had no business getting into anything at this age. Very very stupid! I was 18 when I started my first real cycle of injections and orals. Again, too young and very stupid. I was getting my gear from a guy I knew and he would write out my stacks for me. I never knew anything about getting bloodwork done, how these substances worked, or how to even properly do a cycle. The guy that was “helping” me never even mentioned PCT or anything like that so I never did it.

I’m not blaming the guy who “helped” me, as I’m fully aware that I’m to blame for this, but it just goes to show you how important it is to make smart decisions for yourself. At the time, I wasn’t aware of any online forums or resources for learning and talking to others about steroids. So I learned what I could from the guy that was helping me. It was honestly just not a fun experience back then because I felt very alone with my AAS use. There wasn’t anyone I could really trust to talk about this stuff with.

Flash forward to now: I took about 10 years off from using steroids (remained active and in the gym tho) and really started to do my research and learn everything I could before I started again after a long hiatus. Fortunately, i didn’t cause any long term permanent damage from my early usage and I simply chalk that up to dumb luck. I am now really knowledgeable about the substances that I choose to use, I get routine bloodwork done before during and after a cycle, and I definitely do PCT now. My biggest advice I could give a newbie is to only get into this if you are willing to put in the work and do it ALL the way. Don’t take shortcuts on research, bloodwork, or PCT. If you can’t afford to do steroids the right way then just don’t do them. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen guys take shortcuts on PCT and bloodwork just so they could buy more gear. I hope this helps and I hope others have some good examples of mistakes that others can learn from. After all, we are all here to try and help others.