Sunday, 24 May 2009

  • Performance-enhancing drugs

    Hi, my name is DuckTapeJourneyman... and I've been using performance-enhancing drugs for the last 6 months.

    It all started this fall.  I was hanging out with a new group of friends.  We got to talking, and they talked about using this particular drug.  They said that everybody did it.  Sure enough, I looked around, and everybody was doing it.  My friends said it made them feel more alive, like they could do anything.  After a little prodding, they talked me into it.  In one night, I became hooked on a performance-enhancing drug.

    Eventually, I couldn't go in front of people without my performance-enhancing drug.  I needed the rush that I felt with it.  I'm a big guy, so it didn't affect me like it did others, but I could still feel it.  I felt more awake... more aware.  All the other times without it, I felt sleepy in comparison.

    I couldn't believe how easy it was to score these performance enhancing drugs.  You could practically find it anywhere.  I'd score my hits at this one gas station.  And it was surprisingly cheap, considering how long it lasted in my system.

    What blew my mind the most was watching children do this stuff.  I saw teenagers downing these performance enhancing drugs like it was a coke.  And it barely seemed to phase them.  I couldn't believe it.

    These performance-enhancing drugs go by different names.  Some call them Rockstars, or Amp'd, or Full Throttle.  My particular drug of choice was one called Monster.

    EnergyDrinks

    So, the next time you join a theatre troupe, and they tell you to drink an energy drink before you go up on stage, think of me.

Comments (10)

  • weedorwildflower

    Ahhhh. Those things will give you a heart attack!
  • ershnuff

    @weedorwildflower - 

    They don't have much more heart attack potential than coffee does.

    Check out http://www.energyfiend.com/death-by-caffeine ... you'll find that the amount of those it would take to kill you is impossible to consume. For a 180 lb. person, it'd take almost 77 cans of Monster to actually kill you from a caffeine overdose, and the stomach simply cannot contain that much liquid.

    There are some health implications such as weight gain due to the high sugar and caffeine content, but the correlation between having a heart attack induced by too many energy drinks holds little depth.
  • Vintagesque

    @weedorwildflower - Haha so there! @ershnuff - Thank you. I've been trying to tell my family this for awhile now =)

    I love these things. I try not to drink them much, cause for one hting they're not cheap! My favorites are Red Bull and Rock Star. Monster just doesn't do it for me.

    Vault is good too though, if you don't quite want an energy drink but need more kick than a regular soda =)
  • DuckTapeJourneyman

    @xo_vintagelove_xo - I used to drink Vaults back when they were at their "introductory price".  They were so cheap compared to other stuff.  Ahh, good times.
  • trickery19

    Haha my friend started drinking these during finals and managed to get herself 'addicted'.
  • mandapanda2292

    I've only tried Red Bull
    ....Hey, I see you like duck tape, could you please go vote for me? I knit my prom dress out of duck tape for the scholarship contest thorugh Duck Brand duct tape.
    www.stuckatprom.com
    I'm entry #36, first one you come to! Please tell your friends to vote too!
  • NaitoOfNarnia

    Thankfully, I have managed to avoid the stuff. It's bad enought that I drink even the "little" amount of Cherry Coke that I do. (I'm addicted to the Coke Rewards Points.)
  • Shirlann

    I have an addiction that's similar, to diet cola beverages. I always wondered about those theater folks... I knew there HAD to be some secret to their "perkiness" on stage! And here I thought those thespians were just happy... 


    Congrats, dude! I just linked over from weedorwildflower's site; and I couldn't be happier for both of you. 
  • reckless_eagle

    Heh heh. I'll stick my Red Bulls, thanks. 
  • reckless_eagle

    Congrats on the engagement.

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