Blog+-+Steroids+lydia+heter

This [|blog] about steroids that I am including in my second semester portfolio is the fourth one down from the top and was actually one of my favorite ones to write. I love athletics and so anything new that I can learn about the world of athletes, no matter if it is how to run faster, or how some people cheat to get ahead. Steroids have always posed an interesting question to me as well as to other people. The pros and cons of taking them or not taking them are actually fairly even, I would say. Although steroids are dangerous to health, especially for women because of the extra testosterone, there are people who feel that no matter the cost, it is best to win at whatever they can win at. People like this not only include professional athletes, where steroid use means disqualification and shame upon their name for the rest of their life, but also competitors at the high school and college level. Disqualification is a method also used in the younger levels of competition, but there is really nothing else that comes from the use of steroids. So, it was always a mystery to me why, at least at professional levels, people would choose to put their life's career on the line for steroids. When I wrote this blog I was; however, unsure of what to think about steroids. I always knew they were bad, but this blog helped me to understand just how bad for the body they were. After writing this I know that I will never take steroids (which I already knew before, but it just reconfirmed my conviction) and that I will try to help anyone I know who is taking steroids to stop using them. This blog has influenced my life, and hopefully through that I can influence the lives of others and convince them that steroids are not the right way to win because the cost of using them is too high compared to the benefits.