Yeah, I previously assumed that he was the type that would experiment with drugs n all that as part of his libertarian mindset, going on occasional binges (especially if it could get a girl to stick around partying with him), but never descending into a full-bore dope-fiend or crackhead lifestyle. Judging by listening to just what he says during the first 15 minutes of that compilation, though, he's been an extreme addict for a long time now.
So far, from what I gather, cocaine used to be his drug of choice, and the needle was his paraphernalia/method of choice. He also would experiment with/occasionally try other hard drugs during this time, before he ever did meth.
He got clean and sober for awhile, but like a lot of other dumb dudes in sober circles, picked up an addiction to steroids while being "clean". It only takes a true genius of sobriety to think that still engaging in illicit transactions for illegal substances, and using those substances the same way they did their drug of choice, is a key component, and early priority, on one's road to recovery and sanity.
At some point in his drugwhore career, he was introduced to meth, and like any other intravenous addict in remission, he couldn't wait to practice acupuncture on himself with his newest love, which just happened to be the most insanely addictive, powerful and intense of drugs ever created by highschool dropouts. After too long, though, of his day-to-day human pincushion existence, he couldn't reliably hit a vein anywhere on himself anymore, and practicing the 'anything goes' libertarianism he so often preached, he now started sodomizing himself with it instead. I wonder if he inhaled poppers to make the experience easier and more pleasurable?
Anyhoo, damn, he's had to have been a full-blown, 'need it everyday just to function', meth addict for a long time to get to that point (Injecting himself repeatedly in his legs and feet, wtf. He's lucky he ain't at "OnlyUseMeBlade"-tier leg health). Being a longtime tweaker would easily explain his extreme anger, paranoia, petty vendetta-seeking, repeated self-sabotage and ecareer implosions, as well as his many other bizarre behaviors. It also makes me wonder if it led to him being a snitch long before Charlottesville and his "Crying Nazi" phase