Shit, look who crawled out from under a rock.

Every passing Second is a chance to change your Future :-))

Great message. Thanks for sharing. 14 years Rocks~! Please keep sharing your experience, strength and Hope.

Hey Buzz!@@ Congrats on 18 months keep it. I am Living in Recovery since 2008. I attended a lot of 12 step meetings & used roids for 12 years before covid19. I used this group to be accountable because nobody I ever met in meetings would have been supportive of taking prescription medication without medical supervision. Get a sponsor, get a service position, build a network, use a step working guide, learn to meditate. Some people in this group have found sponsors they could be completely honest with. I never have found that guy. I don't think for me Testosterone or deca or tren etc. that I self prescribed, had the same kind of negative effects on my life or my health as alcohol or other prescriptions. I never found a Doctor that would prescribe for me. By the time I found a Doctor at my gym that was helping other men, I didn't feel like I really needed his help. There are Doctors that are willing to help. Quitting Roids was difficult for me at the end of cycles, suggesting roids may be addictive, but I was able to follow a taper down schedule, not as quickly as I wanted 100%, but eventually. Respect~!
When covid come along March 2020, I took my last dose the last day my gym was open. I did not suffer any withdrawal. Home gym is just not for me,(struggling with that) & I'm not working out in a mask, My favorite Golds Gym membership ended because they closed all 10 stores in my area. I do not know if I will start to use roids again, but not going to use until I join a gym & hit plateau again. 60 years old now, staying clean gets easier with more clean time. I am grateful for this group & sponsorship.

Err Buddy - I would never admit to using steroids in an AA meeting. I can imagine that going down like an Atomic bomb!! Lol I've been asked in one before and I just said 'No' - Leave it at that. Most of them there still smoke like their life depends on it anyway and can't manage to kick that habit so just leave the steroid topic out of it all :-) People that don't lift will never get 'it' anyway ....

I guess that's a good thing

Glad you found us~! I'm an Addict named John. I'm staying Clean too. ODAT~!

Nice one Bud - Be strong and keep it up :-)

Very Well done mate :-))

Well done. Keep it up my man. I just hit 20 yrs. No looking back .

Hey Mate - That's Brilliant

What were you using?

Nice one Mate - Wishing you all the Happiness in the World :-)))

Congratulations~! Living the Dream~! Thanks for sharing~!

Are you eating enough and drinking enough water everyday?

I must admit there has been 1 instance where I really fancied going to an AA meeting again during the virus but then realised they would be the last thing that would be allowed during the pandemic. I'm sure many will have relapsed during it, I know my building has been full of people getting drunk most nights.

Nice man :-))

Being sober is more than putting down the drug. Its a 180 degree way of thinking and change for the better. Unless you start relapsing (stinking thinking, old behavior, self centeredness) which is what a relapse is. Happens way before you pick the drug back up. But i dont believe juicing counts as that. My opinion. I have 10 years off drugs and drinking but daily practicing what i was taught on relapse prevention and cognitive behavior. I also turned my life and will over to the care of Jesus Christ and i hear "how can you be a Christian but your juicing?!" I am not perfect and i have faults which is why i need my higher power and never claim to be perfect. I always say "i may not be as Good as i should be but thank God im better than i used to be!" I always struggle with if juicing is using or the breaking the law part but i make sure that if i ever start "relapsing" mentally then maybe i will give it up. But after jail i did 90 days in halfway house then 2 yrs in a sober house while on probation so i have enough tools in my tool box and a supportive network if juicing turns me in the other direction. When im juicing and working out im not even thinking about drugs because i know drugs will reverse all the physical hard work in half the time. Dont feel like starting over at 165lbs. This is all my opinion only.

Hey congrats on the 2 years! Something I have noticed is, the negative stigma around gear, that comes from so many people using it in extremely uneducated ways and inevitably suffering negative long term effects, causes many others in recovery to have judgments about gear without any first hand knowledge. Hell, one of my friends in recovery told me he didn't think Hafthor uses gear because he doesn't look like a bodybuilder! Anyway, before I get too far off topic and into a rant, My opinion on gear and recovery is, it's completely on the user to decide if they are being rigorously honest with themselves, or if they are in denial. I know some guys that would absolutely be using if they jumped on gear, because they would willingly do it compulsively and without any attempt to educate themselves. It would be a horrible disaster. I think most people who wind up on eroids and are making the effort to do this as rationally as they can, then they're likely not using. BUT if it's causing negative outcomes in other areas of their life, and they refuse to accept that, then there might be some using going on there.

There's also something to be said about compounds like tren, and about short or no ester versions of compounds. These things for sure have the potential to generate an active addiction/compulsion. Not to say we can't use them, but I think my point there is fairly obvious.