Recreational Drug Use in Bodybuilders

[Taffin]

Ironic, since Romano spends the first 5 minutes talking like a man that's just snorted a fat line of Ritalin  

[Nether Animal]

Why do you think he lived in Mexico for a time? Not for the weather.

[WannaBePro]

Why do you think he lived in Mexico for a time? Not for the weather.

He sold gear legally out of his gym there. Low cost of living, and the weather helps. Plus, I think he was in some legal trouble in the US for a while there. But he's all clear now, I guess, since he's in North Carolina most of the time.

[Notomorrow]

I lived in Guadalajara for  3 years and train at Johns place(was a Golds franchise now called Gym Guadalajara).  I've met him several times. Legit Sustanon and Deca you can get at regular pharmacy...hgh by Pisa is very available.in Guadalajara....

So not sure why Romano would "sell" anything. Just advises bodybuilders there. There are some pretty jacked guys but more than anything huge ass implant fitness chicks and John is or was even married to one.

[_bruce_]

Soon John will rock the ass implants.

[Mitch]

Palumbo looks like the last waxwork from Madame Tussauds.
Romano looks like your average drunk hobo. 

Dudes are so dead inside and outside, even Death doesn't want them anymore.

[Kwon]

[Stakkers]

Is Romano still married?

[calfzilla]

I lived in Guadalajara for  3 years and train at Johns place(was a Golds franchise now called Gym Guadalajara).  I've met him several times. Legit Sustanon and Deca you can get at regular pharmacy...hgh by Pisa is very available.in Guadalajara....

So not sure why Romano would "sell" anything. Just advises bodybuilders there. There are some pretty jacked guys but more than anything huge ass implant fitness chicks and John is or was even married to one.

Hi John Romano. I really enjoyed reading your articles in MD during the early 2000s.

[Simple Simon]

That's the first time I've ever heard anyone (John)  mention Torbugesic (aside from me). Torbugesic is what I figured out would work when the production of Nubian ended. Then I figured out a taper using Temgesic (which john also mentions as "Stadol", which was the American version, usually prescribed for migraines... Esp the nasal spray version......... Stadol/Temgesic's chemical is buprenorphine which was approved for trials and began to be prescribed for heroin/oxy/opiate addiction/withdrawal in '03/04, 2 yrs after I figured it would work for Nubian withdrawal haha. I should be patented it. Lol)...

Anyways, John also mentioned Paul Demayo and said he started with Nubian and went to heroin... Which isn't true. Paul started with percocet, went off when he got locked up, & got on Nubian when he got out. This is from Paul himself when I spoke with him shortly before he passed. Talked specifically about painkiller addiction. At the time he said he was clean and I'd been clean for an while but was still dealing with insomnia and anxiety. He was dead soon after from that new England heroin.

shame you didn't spend as much time looking after yourself as you seemed to do destroying yourself.

every post you make just reeks desperate drug addict.

[Simple Simon]

Lol desperate drug addict eh? Funny how you gather that. Interpreting me stating above that id gotten clean and had been clean for some time at the time of the conversation (a conversation that was based on is being clean and what we were doing to stay that way), as well as everything else ive stated in regards to the opiates i was addicted to. You ever see me type "oh i wish i could do some drugs... Oh i really miss it" Nope... Yet thats what you want to read, so in your mind YOU decide what i say. You're delusional and pathetic. High schools are full of losers like you. You're like the uncle in Napoleon Dynomite. Pathetic and sad.

Ive yet to see you even attempt to contribute something usefull. Whether with this gimmick, or your UKJeff or SimpleSimon gimmicks. Then again, if i had 15" arms, a 14" neck, and no experience training others, id keep out of those types of conversations as well.

ukjeff simple simon and be there are all the same account, its just the name that changed.


Look mate, if you keep writing stories about taking medicines in huge and un-prescribed dosages then what do you expect people to think.

I have yet to see one post from you exuding something about you being healthy at any stage in your life

[falco]

He did make and sell stuff while there. Some here were saying it was legal, but it isn't. Its just not really "enforced".

I think his wife does figure or bikini.

Mexico is great. I'd live there in a heartbeat. Back when i had my pharmacy i had 2 apts down there. 1 was kinda a place to crash or hangout. Rarely spent the night, much less more than 1 night. The other was just for storage. The "lifestyle"/pace, or just the attitude (terms im looking for are escaping me at the moment) of people down there is nicer than the US.

Eres muy alto para vivir en Mexico. La policia consigue mirar tu semblante de gringo  hacia centenas de metros por entre la restante población.

[falco]

That's the first time I've ever heard anyone (John)  mention Torbugesic (aside from me). Torbugesic is what I figured out would work when the production of Nubian ended. Then I figured out a taper using Temgesic (which john also mentions as "Stadol", which was the American version, usually prescribed for migraines... Esp the nasal spray version......... Stadol/Temgesic's chemical is buprenorphine which was approved for trials and began to be prescribed for heroin/oxy/opiate addiction/withdrawal in '03/04, 2 yrs after I figured it would work for Nubian withdrawal haha. I should be patented it. Lol)...

Anyways, John also mentioned Paul Demayo and said he started with Nubian and went to heroin... Which isn't true. Paul started with percocet, went off when he got locked up, & got on Nubian when he got out. This is from Paul himself when I spoke with him shortly before he passed. Talked specifically about painkiller addiction. At the time he said he was clean and I'd been clean for an while but was still dealing with insomnia and anxiety. He was dead soon after from that new England heroin.

There were rumours about Paul OD'd on purpose at the time. Suicide. Since you and him were palls, care to give some insight about it?

[Taffin]

Eres muy alto para vivir en Mexico. La policia consigue mirar tu semblante de gringo  hacia centenas de metros por entre la restante población.

LOL - are you saying Mexicans are short?  Or that ESF is really tall? 

[Taffin]

That's the first time I've ever heard anyone (John)  mention Torbugesic (aside from me). Torbugesic is what I figured out would work when the production of Nubian ended. Then I figured out a taper using Temgesic (which john also mentions as "Stadol", which was the American version, usually prescribed for migraines... Esp the nasal spray version......... Stadol/Temgesic's chemical is buprenorphine which was approved for trials and began to be prescribed for heroin/oxy/opiate addiction/withdrawal in '03/04, 2 yrs after I figured it would work for Nubian withdrawal haha. I should be patented it. Lol)...

Anyways, John also mentioned Paul Demayo and said he started with Nubian and went to heroin... Which isn't true. Paul started with percocet, went off when he got locked up, & got on Nubian when he got out. This is from Paul himself when I spoke with him shortly before he passed. Talked specifically about painkiller addiction. At the time he said he was clean and I'd been clean for an while but was still dealing with insomnia and anxiety. He was dead soon after from that new England heroin.

Interesting post.  I think the whole opiates thing seems much more tightly policed in the UK.  People (apparently) tend to jump straight to heroin as all of these things like Percs and Oxys are things that I've personally never seen as available/prescribed - limited sample I know!

I guess I'm lucky in that I've tried all sorts of things in my time, but I don't think I have a particularly addictive personality.  That need to 'search out' something when it's run out was just never there for me.  No judgement implied.

And your comment in another post about living in Mexico is interesting - given the sort of violent stuff that I glean by osmosis from things people post on here (torture threads).  Scary business.

ps - I resisted the urge to make a joke about 'Nubian withdrawal', though there are many possibilities 

[Fuzzy Nuts]

There were rumours about Paul OD'd on purpose at the time. Suicide. Since you and him were palls, care to give some insight about it?

This is true. He killed himself after listening to one of ESF's fictional stories.

[The Abdominal Snoman]

This is true. He killed himself after listening to one of ESF's fictional stories.

lolz

[Simple Simon]

This is true. He killed himself after listening to one of ESF's fictional stories.

[TheAnimal]

This is true. He killed himself after listening to one of ESF's fictional stories.

[_bruce_]

This is true. He killed himself after listening to one of ESF's fictional stories.

 

[Yamcha]

poppers of peace

[Taffin]

Mexico is nice. Sure, there are poor areas, but people are generally nicer, even in the poor areas. The pace is slower and the lifestyle is more relaxed, as opposed to any large U.S. city. N.Y.C. and pretty much anywhere in M.E.X. are like polar-opposites (which may be true of any South American countries i suppose)

Given the choice, even with a modest income, I think I'd choose living in Tijuana over living in L.A. just for day-2-day comfort... And that has nothing to do with availability of drugs or whatever. Lol.

Sure, there's violence, but the violence you see on t.v. is primarily involving people in the Narco business. (speaking of "narco", ive yet to see an episode of that T.V. show. I remember seeing previews a while back but up till recently i was working and out of the house 16+hrs a day and had no use for cable and even cancelled my internet. I think its on netflix??). Anyways.... Most "civillians" are safe, & not subject to random murders and kidnapping. Sure, back in Oct '04 my business partner, 2 employees, and unfortunately an employee's little 11-12yr old niece who did nothingball day but watch soccer and wipe down the glass counter-tops   , were all arrested/kidnapped and never heard from again (& most likely ended up in 55gal drums of acid, or burried in a big grave in a ditch, as was the common method during that time. Google Tijuana's "el pozolero" :/ ), but my partner Armando was involved in "shady" business (not narco), & one thing led to another. Armando also owned 2 other pharmacies on Revolution Ave. (Ive talked about this before. They were taken in a Saturday. I was supposed to be there at the same time, but I happened to have a bbq instead (I believe we went clam-poaching on Coronado beach the night before & were BBQing them) and decided to go down and drop off orders on Sunday instead. Had i gone down Sat, i wouldnt be typing this.

Doesn't it give you nightmares thinking about the innocent niece....?

[Sokolsky]

Doesn't it give you nightmares thinking about the innocent niece....?

Wrong person went to the bbq that's for sure.

[stuntmovie]

A lot of interesting comments here and although I've never had a drug problem, I've been personally involved or personally witnessed  most of what has been mentioned above in addition to  'stuff' related to the use of drugs and the trading thereof such as two suicides , one murder, and numerous incarcerations often repeated.

Probably a typical day in certain parts of LA.

Of all those individuals only one has stayed 'clean' over the years and is now in a well paid position to travel most anyplace to help other drug addicts.

The most disappointing drug addict was one whom we worked with to get him back on his feet and capable of walking after a serious drug related back injury.

That was a tough one because the drugs were needed to alleviate serious back pain.

Short story  shorter.... He committed suicide when they did ther best to decrease his drug dependence.

I give a lot of credit to any drug addict who can get off and stay off but I have seldom seen that happen.



Sorry ... Had say this,  

[LurkerNoMore]

This is true. He killed himself after listening to one of ESF's fictional stories.

Gold!