Was he a frequent user of any other drugs? Notably alcohol, barbiturates or benzodiazepines as these drugs do cause life threatening withdrawals. You mention he went to sleep, how? Insomnia is a symptom of heroin withdrawal.

Search anywhere, you'll find that heroin withdrawals alone don't kill.
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Nullific Reviewed by Nullific on . HELP! How the fuck do I handle this?! Im using fake names here just for safety Ok so my buddy Joe is like 32 and hes been kickin it with me for like 9 months now, he lives with his friend next door to me. Hes one of those guys who blabs on and on and on and on and on about how hes more experienced blah blah blah whatever. This problem with him is just fucking weird and its been pissing me off since i met him. He thinks cuz hes been tweakin longer than me hes "better" at it (ie. not burning the dope, not blacking the pipe, Rating: 5