anabolic steroids. None of those things you claimed and I listed are true “on steroids or not” like you began. While you backpedal and realign the argument to an assumption to his “being addicted to steroids not exercise” that alone makes the other comments wrong.
And even if Max was using steroids... or even if he was addicted to steroids... your cigarettes/cigars comparison is ridiculously poor. Steroids and Heroine are not the same substance in a different delivery form. And outcomes for each are not close to the same.
You say you work with addicts. I’d love to know your role. I’d be literally shocked if you are licensed for addiction treatment.