Best drug addiction to have as a competitive runner?

Love?

Name wrote:

Probably EPO.

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There are no good drug addictions. Coffee is only good if you use it for races. Prednisone is the same, but illegal and not something that's good for the bones to be addicted to.

Maybe your questions should be, "What is the best drug that I won't get addicted to?"

weed?

women abuse

Nah that's NFL bruh

Smoking rock bro, they don't test for that in Thons.

CapnPerv wrote:

Ritalin to help focus on your studies, meth for pre-race energy, Ambien to sleep, cocaine and a beer to get the day started, Androgel for a testosterone boost to aid recovery, weed to mellow out in the evening, HGH for muscle growth....it never ends.

LMFAO

Bleach

The answer is opioids, if you don't have to deal with withdrawal (constant supply). NOT opiates (the type that comes from the poppy), which have more of a sedative effect. Opioids are the synthetic variety; oxycodone being the most well-known type. There's a big difference between the two.

I had an unfortunate injury to my lumbar spine years ago during the early 2000s when painkillers were more overprescribed than they are even now. Was on them for over a year before weaning off (that was NOT fun). However, I never ran/raced better. There's a reason people in the know call percocet "workocet." I could feel like crap, all stiff and sore (with a lumbar injury to boot), and take some pills - within half an hour I was ready to blast out a hard 10 miler. Every time, never fail. Felt invincible and motivated. Pleasure receptors and reward centers in the brain turned on and ready to go. They helped me train and race like I wouldn't have been able to. Definitely a PED on both a physical and emotional level.

Note to readers: I typed this post out to be informative. But please do not 'try this at home', as they say. Opioids (and opiates) eventually suck the life out of you and withdrawal is horrific. I went through it and wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy.

I don't think I would have posted this. You're highlighting & bragging about how efficacious pain killer drugs are with running through injuries in the fact that you were able to train at a high level with a serious lumbar spine injury (which should have sidelined you to non-weightbearing activity). There's younsters that frequent this site who are interested in finding ways to run through injuries instead of shutting it down and doing rehab...and your post isn’t going to help them. 😕

Just Amazed wrote:

I don't think I would have posted this. You're highlighting & bragging about how efficacious pain killer drugs are with running through injuries in the fact that you were able to train at a high level with a serious lumbar spine injury (which should have sidelined you to non-weightbearing activity). There's younsters that frequent this site who are interested in finding ways to run through injuries instead of shutting it down and doing rehab...and your post isn’t going to help them. 😕

I didn't brag about it in any way. What I did was describe my own experience with something that is fairly obvious: painkillers mask pain and hit the reward pleasure centers in the brain. Newsflash: this isn't secret information. My post was in no way braggadocious.

I concluded the post by stating that these pills "suck the life out of you and withdrawal is horrific, " and that I wouldn't "wish it on my worst enemy." My intentions were to note something I experienced, but point out that the tradeoff is horrific, plain and simple. Had I known what I was in for when it was time to stop taking these meds, I would have just sucked it up and tried to cope with the pain through other measures.

I guess I'm looking to replace alcohol but don't think that myself or my teammates can cut substances out of our social lives.

Thanks for those that gave somewhat thoughtful responses. Addiction might be a bit of an exaggeration, and I'm not trying to make light of people who really are struggling.

I know letsrun is always gonna have some trolls, but theres no good sources of information out there on substances and running. If only there was less blatant sexism I could at least enjoy the sarcastic repsonses. There's a reason our sport is dying and we keep hearing about college teams getting in trouble for issues outside of running.

Frequent use of any drug is probably going to negatively impact your training. Maybe not caffeine, but I can't imagine you would consider that a potential replacement for alcohol.

I don't really get the appeal of alcohol personally. If I was going to do some drug every weekend, it would be LSD over alcohol, and LSD is almost certainly less detrimental than alcohol. But they're not similar experiences at all. I'm not sure you and your teammates would be satisfied switching over if you currently enjoy drinking.

I like how the majority of us can't stop somewhere in the middle. They go for it or they don't hehe. Why to cut alcohol from your life? One two sips of a good wine with a juicy T-bone steak are never bad. This won't ruin you health. I even find the consumption in legit quantities better than the replacement with drugs. I've seen so many of my friends saying that weed is better and then getting their therapy at https://www.harmonyretreat.co.za Make running your drug. Drink coffee! Go for a cocktail when you need that! Enjoy life! You don't need to drink until death for that. Or change your friends if they are toxic.

hobbyxnotxhabit wrote:

Me and my teammates normally go out for heavy drinking once a week in season, and maybe knock back a few with dinner on one or two other days, but I've been doing a lot of research lately on the negative affects alcohol has on training with blood toxicity, dehydration, and ruining sleep cycles. Changing the partying culture isn't really an option since we've had decent success in a strong conference. And it's college so we're being realistic here. Obviously we cut out the heavy stuff for the postseason.

Honestly, I feel like switching to recreational drugs could be more beneficial for us. Does anyone have experience dealing with regular drug use while running competitively? Something with minimal withdrawals ideally. Access wouldn't be an issue since we go to school in a pretty liberal area and there's a lot of hippy types on and around campus.

i'm in long term recovery from drugs and alcohol and this question really sounds like something only an addict would ask, for what it's worth

any drug you use will have negative effects on running. so here's my take:

weed will cause you to eat a lot more, and in my experience I would eat all kinds of garbage, especially later at night. can feel fun to run while stoned, but for lots of people it just makes you tired, lazy, and hungry.

methamphetamine - well, meth was actually my drug of choice. And I would use and then go running and it was insanely dangerous and ridiculous. My heart rate data from then is completely crazy - resting heart rate was almost double what it is now that I'm sober and it would spike up to 180-190 when using and running. And if you think alcohol messes up sleep - try being on speed and keep a regular sleep schedule. And it's insanely addictive to a degree people who haven't used it probably cannot understand.

Adderall is just a slightly tamer version of meth.

Psychedelics - who the f would want to trip and run?