I'm in my 40's now. Back in the mid 80's when I was in high school back in Calgary, the main supplier of gear for our high school football team was former wrestlers Chris Benoit and Ben Basarrab. At the time, they were wrestling with the local Stampede Wrestling circuit in Calgary, a few years before Benoit left for the WWE. Those guys sold our football team mostly d-ball, and Benzedrine "bennies", right out of their car, which they would park in the corner of the school parking lot at lunchtime every couple of weeks. I did d-ball with the rest of the team, and sure enough, we started to get swole. And we made these very same excuses to our friends, family members, girlfriends, teachers, etc. Some of the people responded extremely well and put on a ton of size. My best friend couldn't afford both d-ball and protein powder, so he just bought the d-ball, and put an extra slice of baloney and cheese in his sandwiches at lunch. And the fucker still grew! Along with the d-ball, we were all popping dessicated liver tabs by the handfuls, as somebody at the time found an article in a copy of Muscle Mag where Vince Gironda was raving about the stuff. I remember the liver tabs giving me room clearing farts. But still, along with the d-ball and protein powder, I was able to put on 30 pounds in that first year. Went from buying medium shirts to extra large. Was good times being all sauced up, taking out our aggression on the football field, and pretty much walking around the high school halls like we owned the place. And it all started with a single pill.
Haven't had any desire to take a steroid since, but it was fun to "experiment" for a year.