I dont know Gauch, never met him, but I have met many like him, so I'll address what I saw happen with them, and others who chose the high road.
The lifts G is capable of are something a first session novice could perform. On Tuesday I had a guy come in, first session in a gym for years. No squat, 90kg bench x 3, 150kg deadlift. He'll squat next session.
Should this guy take drugs? Obviously not. He has a kid lifting in the gym with him with under 2 years experience that can powerclean G's squat, deadlift and bench, and that kid is 10 years away from even CONSIDERING drugs. The kid has stacked on 27kg in under 2 years.
He has chosen the high road.
G is taking the easy road. From my experiences, it leads nowhere. He will still be weak in 12 weeks, much weaker than the kid. In 20 weeks, he will be the same weight he started at, no stronger, but now will have NO motivation to lift.
Who wants to train when theyre weaker and smaller?
If only G had tried hard training for longer, he would see that now is not the time to quit and take juice, otherwise EVERYONE lifting weights would be ready if his lifts are the standard of when you start.
I have made no mention of health risks, because I believe there arent any.
G will be lost to training within 2 years, because he never found out what it means to struggle for every gain you make.
I am not anti steroids, far from it, but I lifted for 16 years before I ever touched them, and my best lifts in the squat, bench and dead were made 2-3 years BEFORE I ever did.
Take the high road G, you'll regret it in the long run big fella if you dont.