My first introduction to Dan Duchaine was through the photocopied pages of Underground Steroid Handbook that circulated among bodybuilding circles at the University of Texas. I was impressed by the matter of fact, straightforward discussion of anabolic steroid information for muscle-building and performance-enhancing purposes. There was a lot of accurate information contained within those pages, much moreso than contemporary journal articles and information provided by physicians. And for this, we generally overlooked the errors and mistakes made by Duchaine.

As one of the first writers to disseminate uncensored information on the use of anabolic steroids, we looked forward to everything Dan wrote from articles in Muscle Media 2000 to Dirty Dieting Newsletter to misc.fitness.weights usenet newsgroups.

So, in the mid-1990s when I planned to launch my own steroid-related website at Mesomorphosis.com, Duchaine was one of the first people I wanted to consult. I soon had my wish. My wife and I were invited by the beautiful fitness diva and sex columnist Laura Moore to spent a few days with her and Dan in Jackson, Mississippi.  

My continuing education in anabolic pharmacology with Dan included watching pornography (with careful attention to enlarged clitorises that were a side effect of the steroids used by female bodybuilders featured in the films).

The pervert in Dan was immediately obvious to anyone who met him in person. Over the ensuing years, Dan revealed to me more of his cynicism and hopelessness regarding his personal relationships with women. But the full story is even more tragic than I could have imagined. I liked Dan Duchaine - he was always nice to me and my wife.