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Heroin Heroin- Stopping injecting, going back to smoking, advice?

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Hiya. So I've been using heroin everyday (other than about 5 days without) for about 3 months straight now. I didn't start injecting till about a month ago. I want to quit, as I hate the drug, but really can't stand doing it cold turkey. I'm working on getting a suboxone script, but it will take a few weeks for the substance abuse place I'm at to put me on one.

I haven't injected for 3 days now, and it's been pretty hellish. I've just been smoking small amounts to help with the withdrawals. I was wondering if, and cutting back slowly was the best approach? I simply cannot keep doing what I was doing to obtain the drugs..

The withdrawals are really strong and I'm not sure what to do, as to get a script I need to use to manage to get out of bed and make appointments. Oh, I should also add I'm also currently tapering off benzodiazepines, on 12mgs of Valium a day. It's incredibly hard dealing with both wds at the same time.

Any help or advice would be much appreciated!

Thanks.
 
If you need a little more "motivation" to manage to get a Suboxone appointment, then its not a bad idea to do what you must. You are gonna switch to Subs anyway to its not a big deal to have a decent sized habit. Don't put yourself through unnecessary pain and delay helping yourself. And trying to taper off both benzos and opiates at the same time is mighty tough, I know I have tried.
 
Yeah I really do not recommend tapering off of opiates and benzos at the same time. It's just going to be rougher on your body.. better to focus on one then the other.

As far as switching from IV'ing to smoking... from a strictly HR standpoint, it's a good move, as any ROA is safer than IV'ing.
 
Yeah man its good to go from shooting to smoking til you get the subs. Only problem is its gonna be alot more expensive im guessin becuase your tolerance is alot higher now from shooting. And its real tempting if you have dope laying around and your only doing the bare minimum to stay good.

Also id say forget about gettting clean from benzos right now. Just work the situation out with the dope and get on the subs and stabilized an then focus on getting off the benzos. Good luck man.
 
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