We like to be increasingly huge and defined. The truth is that without steroids you will never be able to achieve such results that it makes you look more and more beautiful in the mirror.

It's the shortest way.
The least harmful and that makes you feel good... (in our opinion).
If you are an intelligent person you also have many women around you, and if you have a good job you have a good time.

..well, all this has a price to pay...falling is easy.

I've have a past with Opioids myself , so I begin with saying its all a choice typically made when your face down at lifes very bottom to rise up and grow up.

Steroids are not the addiction , the results are the addiction and the pain in my case ;) . In all seriousness there are worse addictions to have than bodybuilding or strength training . I suppose maybe a case could be made that Tren has truly addictive qualities , which is why I choose to leave her sexy ass on the shelf , I catch her looking at me though mmm those titties . I digress bodybuilding is one of the best things that ever happen to me , and aas are a natural progression of bodybuilding meaning you work out long enough steroids will happen.

I'd say over 90% of people on here have had previous addiction problems to one thing or another, myself included. Its re-known that taking up exercise be it keep fit based or weight training is extremely effective at making you feel positive, focused and a massive sense of fulfilment. SO much so its often more satisfying than your drug of choice was. If you choose to do weights then you are always wanting to progress be it strength, muscle mass, leanness, endurance etc and once you have reached your natural genetic limits the only way to keep progressing is with steroids. Its not the steroids that are the addiction - Its the brilliant feeling & euphoria you get from training that you are ALWAYS chasing with every session. That to me isn't a bad thing at all.

As someone that has had a dark past with but have been abstinent from mind and mood altering substances for 12 years I can vouch that there is a greater risk for addicts. First off one thing most addicts are always searching for is instant gratification. When it comes to quick gratification in the world of fitness the first thing that’s going to come to mind is steroids. Unfortunately they are illegal in the US so once you decide to obtain them you have already fell into a pattern of criminal behavior which in recovery is considered “falling back into old ways.” I don’t think you will find people robbing their grandmothers for a cycle but you have cognitively chose to commit a crime. Then when it comes to cycling steroids, most addicts know nothing about moderation and have always lived by the idea that the most is the best. So from personal experience from someone who spent several years in active addiction, has done a few cycles, and currently is on TRT it is a struggle to not go balls to the wall. It’s difficult and it should be taken into serious consideration.

Addicts are addicts. Recovered or not. Are they at greater risk? Of course. When you’re shooting smack in a gutter somewhere you’ve allowed yourself to be ok with death. You’ve conditioned yourself for high risk behavior.

Pumping 3 cc’s of tren after that seems mild. My 2 cents.

Addiction centers in the way we think. Obsession the never ending stream of thought reLating to using. Compulsion once started I can't stop. When I use juice I don't get that empty feeling that I want to fill with drugs. I'm not obsessed about the juice so I don't think in my experience that it's addicting. Also anyone who starts juice and does not research enough and just wants the best is going to go the strongest route like Tren. It got nothing to do with addicts. How many kids I have run into saying they have done or are on Tren and it looks like they just walked into the gym that day. What I do need to watch are triggers like using needles. How does that make me feel. Does it bring old memories. Self esteem is affected so much by using if I don't watch my actions it could get to a point we're I feel so shitty bout myself that using is a good option in my head.

The real question is, are they prior addictions? Or have they just refocused their addictive behavior.

If they have truly resolved their addictive behavior along with their addiction to whatever substance they were using. Then, no, IMO they are not at greater risk.

On the other hand, if they've conquered their chemical dependency but still struggle with "temptation" they have not yet "recovered" from their addictive behaviors and are at great risk.

This can be a bitter truth to accept if one feels they've killed the monkey on their back and are now zealously into health and fitness. If they were to do some serious soul searching they'd come to realize the monkey isn't dead... it just became Richard Simmons.

First of all great topic! IMO people with prior addiction are definitely at a greater risk for the misuse of steroids and ultimately replacing there former addiction with steroids...just think about how people that dont have an addictive personality feel while running a good cycle...you feel great and then you start to noticing the gains and changes to your physique and the feeling just multiplies to an euphoric feeling..like being on top of the world...this can be very dangerous to someone with an addictive personality... IMO the steroids would likely just feel the void of whatever they were previously addicted to and they would probably justify the use as better because of the physical gains and improvements they could make by using such compounds...at the end of the day even too much of a good thing can be bad