It is important to be able to defend yourself , and to do so when the situation calls for it . Those guys also sound like they were looking for trouble . But it also kinda sounds like you were looking for trouble . They were acting belligerent and aggressive , but I think you escalated to violence way too soon . In your situation I would have been nervous and preparing to fight but no way would I have started swinging when you did . It honestly sounds like you are looking for the slightest justification to defend yourself . <| sep |> What ' s your MOS ? <| sep |> Just glanced through your first article . You state 7 keto DHEA can ' t mask any other anabolics only false positives for certain DHEA urine tests , but in the same article you linked a study that shows a significant increase in epitestosterone from 7 keto use . I don ' t know much about PED tests but can ' t epitestosterone be used to balance the TE ratios from say TRT ? I ' m sure USADA doesn ' t rely solely on TE ratios but it might be a reason 7 keto is a banned substance in the first place .