{"id":14068,"date":"2025-04-30T01:49:21","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T18:49:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=14068"},"modified":"2025-04-30T01:49:21","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T18:49:21","slug":"mike-morris-opened-up-about-painkillers-on-the-menace-podcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/loudhdtv.com\/?p=14068","title":{"rendered":"Mike Morris Opened Up About Painkillers on The &#8216;Menace Podcast&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Dennis James was accompanied by Milos \u201cThe Mind\u201d Sarcev, Chris Cormier and bodybuilder-turned-coach Mike Morris on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7l33eMUpF20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episode 229 of <em>The Menace Podcast<\/em>\u2014<\/a>and the chat soon turned to Morris\u2019 battle with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/supplements\/build-muscle\/list-major-anabolic-steroids-and-everything-you-wanted-know-about-them\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PED\u2019s and pain killers<\/a>. His tale is a cautionary but hopeful one that any young competitor should be aware of.<\/p>\n<p>Mike Morris became an IFBB Pro and appeared as a literal bodybuilding poster boy before hanging up the wrist straps and retiring from the sport but during his appearance on <em>The Menace Podcast,<\/em> Morris said that his career began to take a wrong turn when he listened to advice from his peers regarding the use of painkillers as a means of pushing past major discomfort to make additional reps. Milos Sarcev concurred with the notion that painkillers were used in this way, adding that even anesthetics were passed around prolific gyms.<\/p>\n<p>Dennis James shared his own experiences, sharing that he\u2019d been introduced to Nubain while guest posing in Hawaii. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinic.org\/drugs-supplements\/nalbuphine-injection-route\/description\/drg-20074050\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nubain is a pain relief agent that is so potent, it is often used after surgery,<\/a> but James said he refused to take it when offered. \u201cI was a little bit traumatized,\u201d reflected the podcast host.<\/p>\n<p>No doubt, the 90s were a heady time when newly emerging but little understood drugs were available over the counter. \u201cGHB, at the time, was very widely used,\u201d said Chris Cormier, explaining that it was consumed by bodybuilders predominantly for the recovery effects of sleep. \u201cI got my first bottle at GNC,\u201d said Mike Morris, noting that Gamma-hydroxybutyric acid was perfectly legal at the time, despite its highly addictive nature and growing list of side effects, not to mention its anecdotal links to antisocial behavior. Finally, federal law restrictions began so take hold at the turn on the millennium, but for many, the damage was already setting in.<\/p>\n<h2>Mike Morris Found Light Beyond the Dark Side of Bodybuilding<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cOnce I was taking it regularly, I guess a good way to explain it \u2026 it was like a cigarette,\u201d said Morris. \u201cThere\u2019s points where I didn\u2019t want to take it, you know, I would wake up (and think) I\u2019m not gonna take my thing \u2026 once it\u2019s in your system, the feeling of wanting to take it just starts to creep on you. And it\u2019s a lot like a cigarette. First thing, when you wake up, you want it. After a meal you want it. After sex you want it. I was doing it, geez, fifteen times a day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cormier noted that drug use took away Morris\u2019 spark, because he\u2019d previously been \u201cbright eyed\u201d and had a huge presence in the gym. \u201cHe was a strong cat,\u201d he added. When the drug abuse caught up with the promising bodybuilder, Morris suffered with his kidneys, blood pressure, and heart, before retiring from the sport and finally kicking his bad habits.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, how long did it take for you to completely get away from it,\u201d asked James. \u201cI guess my addiction started somewhere around when I turned pro (in the late nineties),\u201d shared Morris. <a href=\"https:\/\/musclememory.com\/show.php?a=Morris,+Michael\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Explaining that he then became addicted to numerous other substances<\/a> as he dealt with the depression around retiring and seeing his muscle-mass shrink. \u201c\u2026 it was probably around fifteen years before I finally kicked it,\u201d he said. Morris said that getting regular sleep, eating whole, clean foods and consuming plenty of clean water has really helped him stay the course.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, just like in bodybuilding, where you have to have your diet in place and make sure you get your protein and your carbs, and your fats, everything all systematic, that\u2019s how I live my lifestyle now,\u201d explained a hopeful Morris, who now trains a select group of clients. \u201cI make sure I eat very systematically, three-times a day, I make sure I get my sleep, I make sure I\u2019m only putting pure, clean food into my body.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The coach admits that he still lives in fear that his kidney issues could flare up so he avoids soda and sugar for the most part, but thankfully he is finally in a place where he can begin to follow the world bodybuilding once again.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>To watch the entire conversation and full episode, where the panel also make their predictions for the 2025 Pittsburgh Pro, see below.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"PITTSBURGH PRO PREDICTIONS\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/7l33eMUpF20?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.muscleandfitness.com\/flexonline\/flex-news\/mike-morris-opened-up-about-painkillers-on-the-menace-podcast\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dennis James was accompanied by Milos \u201cThe Mind\u201d Sarcev, Chris Cormier and bodybuilder-turned-coach Mike Morris on Episode 229 of The Menace Podcast\u2014and the chat soon turned to Morris\u2019 battle with PED\u2019s and pain killers. His tale is a cautionary but hopeful one that any young competitor should be aware of. 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