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8/21/2014
Location
Chesterfield, SC
US
Edited Date/Time
8/24/2014 9:25am
Stroupe was supposed to race mx this summer but it fell through. His family's house burned to the ground and they lost everything. He's back in lincolton, nc with his family. he has been riding and going to the gym a lot lately. not sure if he plans on making a comeback for sx or just doing local races/ax.. 
I'm going to keep my opinion about him to myself.
Just for some fun, I calculated how many posts I'd have if I racked up 400 a month like you have somehow managed and I come up with an answer of roughly 30,400 posts.
He is awesome to watch ride, great style and talent.
It would cool to see him give it another go.
The Shop
I'm not blaming it all on the doctors (obviously the rider makes his own choices), but I really wish some of them would open their eyes and quit handing out prescriptions like they are candy. After a solid month of taking them your thought process goes to shit and you are stuck in a situation that you never intended to be in.
The sad reality is that there is to many people making allot of money by writing prescriptions for this crap so it will never get any better. Its really sad!
Oh I almost forgot. Good luck to him and I hope he can do something because the kid is talented.
Go Stroupe!
What the fuck ever happened to personal responsibility ?
I have other friends that were the fastest A riders in the midwest broke his femur and he said he took a few when needed but hated them and made him lazy so he said he threw that shit out and sat on the couch till he healed up. Never went pro but still rides and is super fast and has fun riding.
Hope Stroupe got his stuff together because I would hate that to happen to anyone. He has talent and a good rider to watch race.
Hope ever thing is good on his home front.
Pit Row
members who struggle with alcoholism. I'm recovering from knee surgery and took the pills for a week then flushed them the day I didn't need one. I didn't want the temptation. Some guys can't break away and get hooked easily. That's not the docs fault though.... That's a YOU problem. McDonald's doesn't make you fat, you do by eating it.
(Not saying 'you' directed towards you)
Hope Super Stroup csn make a come back.
I was wrong.
Its obvious by your first post that you know the family, and your second post is very well written. Damn shame for the Stroupe family. Hope Austin can figure his life out.
I have two herniated discs and degenerative disease in my spine and Its very hard to not only get that many but refills as well. DEA has cracked down hard on Docs + states sharing databases make Doc shopping a thing of the past too. Blackmarket flourishes though. Stuff is bad news and lot's of ex riders have issues with them.
Also, refill, whats a refill for oxycotin. I have to call every 30 days for a new prescription. No refills. And I have already been told that I will be taking them for life. Now this may have to do with the military system, but I do not get refills and every year I am re-evaluated for strength and dosage.
Stroupes drug problems, if that's the case, are Stroupe's problem, not societies, not the doctors, not the medication jumping in his mouth.....................Stroupe's.
What are your pain issues if you don't mind me asking? btw there are many studies on long term narcotic pain management and the trend is certainly going away from that as they have a lot of long term side effects. I'm in the same boat as you im just wondering have you looked into alternative therapies?
The drug companies certainly want people on them long term. Are you on a low dose like 5 mg's?
As for it being the doctor's fault, I share Reggie's position. If they're going to make Oxycontin a controlled substance, and the doctor gives blind refills, the doctor is only an enabler. Sure Stroupe should be able to control what goes in his body, but the drugs change your desires and the doctor should be competent enough to understand what is abuse and what is legitimate use.
Thanks for sharing Reggie. Let us know if you hear anything else. I think we're all pulling for Stroupe to make a legit return.
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