Invest in a Sitz Bath (if you are in the States Rite Aid has the best ones

Also, if you get another ointment (Nifedipine or GTN) you do not need to insert it, just use in moderation on the outside. Can't stress that enough, especially as you said it was leaking out which I would take as you putting it inside.
Another more reason to see a CRS is what you said is a pimple. Could very well be the start of an abscess (or may be not but better to know). And don't be surprised about health care providers (the general practitioner ones) not examining you. I went to mine for ages, in extreme pain, without so much as a looksee... In the end I first saw a general surgeon, and he just guessed at a fissure. AFs are a CRSs bread and butter, so to speak
