There are a number of reasons I have chosen not to use steroids. Foremost among these is the consideration of my health. While I doubt one or two short duration, low-dosage cycles would seriously impact my health, chronic, intermittant use almost certainly will. While there is a knee-jerk reaction against steroids by many doctors, their fears are not unfounded. Many people, including a great number on this board, approach steroids as if they were little more dangerous than taking an occasional aspirin(I'm not talking about the entire bottle, for any smart-asses out there.) Second, it is illegal. While unlikely, it is entirely possible I could be caught, and I am unwilling to take this risk. Finally, there is a certain pride I take when looking in the mirror, knowing what I've achieved has come, principally, from a great deal of brutally hard work and careful attention to detail, and not from sticking a needle in my ass. My physique is nothing staggering but it is hard won. If the only way I could make progress was dependent upon taking drugs, I would learn to accept my physique as it is. I am quite happy with the way I look now, and while I would very much like to be quite a bit bigger, it is not the prime determiner of my self-worth. There would be a certain emptiness to my victory if it involved drugs. Of course, recently I experimented with pro-hormones--which merely firmed my resolved never to use steroids--I do use supplements, and some may argue I am thus simply a hypocrite. But these things differ in degree to such an extent as to be quite incomparable. It's like saying someone who has a beer or two now and again is the same thing as an alcoholic. Of course, I hold nothing against those who do choose to use steroids--other than it makes it harder for those of us who stay natural to look impressive. I only hope those who make such a choice exercise at least a small amount of intelligence in their usage.