nat,
my name is michele and up untill 4 years ago i had a 15 year run with heroin. Aas far as the jones you are experiencing..the only thing that worked for me when I got serious about getting off was everytime I jonesed, I literally "Played the tape" out in my head and thought about how Id feel after I got off and what bs it is if im not going into some nod and just feel stright. I would close my eyes and think past the initial high (if i were lucky enough to even feel it instead of just getting straight and you have to be close to that point by now) and I would think about what bullshit it is and how the problem I wanted to get high over was still there but now im 100 dollars in the hole and still awake just not sick and not as anxious (but here comes the sickness soon)...if you are nodding now its only a matter of a week or 2 until you get lucky enough to keep scoring good h too keep you on that cloud than its all about staying straight and do you really want to go through all of that bullshit again??
I just felt run down last night and could not sleep and I swore to god nat I was kicking my ankles into the corner of the bed like I was sick and i felt like shit cause of the insominia but all I kept saying is at least im not dope sick...i could not handle being sick...like it came back to me how awful being sick is and what bullshit it is going back to that insanity..im not judjing, im not telling you what to do, im just trying to help you get through the mental jones.
As far as the needle jones, man I can relate but fast foward to today and my arms are so scarred I cant even look at a needle it pisses me off so much ..
You have a lot of drama Ill give you that, but you know that there is a milion reasons to use and its all justification I can make an excellent case for using (trust me) just because I cant use and thats not fair..but you know all of that
try to think about the bullshit and wait it out..the jones will pass as long as you dont use..I promise
Good luck..I know how you feel but its not worth it
michele