Antoine likes cocaine because he is a stupid fucktard. Fear not, the pussy known as SF1900 will be along shortly to say cocaine is harmless.
Back to Antoine. Fuck that idiot doper and his worthless drugged physique. WTF? It's not your fault he's a weak willed wussy. A "genetic" predisposition? Really? I suppose Kai has a genetic predisposition to fucking grapefruit and walking around with what appears to be a toilet boa on his thick skull? Antoine is a fucking loser and drug addict just like SF1900 is a pretend Asian with a genetic predisposition to being a fatass libtard.
Matt, you did nothing wrong except for being an sycophantic apologetic for a fucking missing link like Antoine.
I tend to subscribe to the concept that most traits are 50-80% genetic, with my view being the higher end of this range - 80%. Also, did you read the interview with Mike Quinn by Ron Harris that was published online in T-NATION in 2004? In it, he stated that he used cocaine as self-medication for his ADHD. While I did not believe it at first, I eventually had more than one person with ADHD tell me the same thing, leading me to believe there was some truth to it.
I also know from my own experiences that I am virtually terrified of alcohol, drugs, and even sex [due to fear of herpes], and you almost couldn't force me to do these things. The only drug that I have found that has jived with my brain chemistry has been opiates [based on a Percocet prescription I got once], and CBD [which is legal in Canada, and non-psychoactive]. So if my lack of drug and alcohol use can be largely genetic [I am almost allergic to both - it's bizarre], then couldn't a person's propensity to using certain drugs have a genetic driver?
I am not justifying any behaviour, merely suggesting that it is genetic in origin. I would use Ted Bundy as the most egregious example - he claimed that his serial killing and necrophilia was based on watching violent porn as a child. Using his logic, there would be thousands, if not millions, of serial killers in the USA right now. As many men watched violent pornography, and probably all men watched non-violent pornography [again, being genetically afraid of indulging, I did not watch a pornography movie until the age of 16]. So I tend to think there was something more than that environmental condition at play - what could it have been if not genetics? What in Ted's perfectly normal environment caused him to rape and murder women, and then come back to their grave sites to have sex with their dead bodies? He wanted to claim it was environment, but countless other men had virtually the same upbringing as him, so I'm not buying it. It has to be something - something likely found in his DNA.
I used Bundy as an example because I am NOT justifying behaviour just because I happen to feel that its origins are genetic - I'm merely pointing out that it is likely strongly genetic. And again, by "strongly", I mean about 50-80% genetic. In other words, from the moment Antoine was introduced to cocaine, he was bound to like it. In addition to being surrounded by it - due to going to so many expos, and likely being invited to so many parties after contests were over, stuff like that. He also had a very good bodybuilding merchandise business going on, where he was likely making $1,000 a week selling his autographs and stuff online. Combine that with his UNIVERSAL contract, previous contract with Muscular Development, and I would say there was a period of time where he had something like $10,000 a month coming in - definitely enough to live life on his own terms, and spend a few thousand a month on cocaine - or more. Given that friends would probably treat him to some.
So no justifying anything here - I'm just saying his genetic penchant for cocaine combined with his survival in a highly drug-based and superficial industry was just the perfect storm for Antoine to get hooked. And he did.
