Sounds like you dived into drugs too soon if you were 5'9" and only 156 when you started. You should have easily been 185 before any drugs.
Not necessarily true. Weight doesnt matter, but body composition does. I'm 5'9" and I'm just now 185 @ 6%
A ripped 160 is probably more ready than a fat 185. Guys want to say they are ready just because they are 200 lbs. So fucking what. My grandma is 225. What's their point?