Not sure when the timing was since no one really knows if Bonds ever even took steroids, let alone when he would have started. The other key word you used was "allegations" which is what these all are, including the wife beating. Here's what the Judge Kozloski had to say who handled the divorce of Barry and his wife:

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The issue became critical to the financial settlement because Sun had asserted that Barry had prevented her from working by beating her if she brought the subject up. But Kozloski did not agree.

``The court finds that the physical altercations between the two parties and the alleged physical abuse was not a substantial cause of (Sun Bonds') failure to pursue a career,'' she wrote.


As far as crossing a line under the influence, I will leave that for an individual to decide because different people have different lines. My point in general was, and still is, if we had to define any of us by our lowest point in our life, none of us would look good.