Those are excellent points, shred.
I think that the reason why so many people make the mistake of taking a casual approach to their use of AAS is because they simply do not understand how much time and effort are required of them to use these drugs both safely and effectively. It, like bodybuilding itself, is not something that you do one week but not the next or when it is otherwise convenient. It is a daily - indeed an hourly endeavor in each and every respect; training, diet, rest, medical attention, ongoing self-education, charting one's use of AAS, etc., etc.
I don't know about anyone else here, but for me this life is a full-time occupation. Scarcely does a waking hour pass by that I am not at least thinking about and thus planning one aspect of bodybuilding or the other. it is just that important.
So, yes, as gashred stated, "if you’re on the fence about using, it’s not for you right now."
It need be all or nothing.