Ive been battling opiate addiction for 5-6 years off and on. I have always said im not doing this to myself again. I have my child to take care of. Cold turkey is what ive done everytime. Ive just completely stopped taking pills or if I can get my hands on suboxone I use them. Weaning down is the best way. I take an 8mg sub and cut it in 8 peices. Take 2 peices a day or however much to feel good enough to get out of bed. Along with that I take ibuprofen continuously throughout the day and 2-4 flexeral which is a muscle relaxer. The flexeral helps for sleeping if u take 2-3 before bed if u cant sleep. After a week I cut the sub down. Take half as much and still use ibuprofen and flexeral as needed. Do that for a week. I generally get myslef down to 1mg of a sub every other day and then just stop. I keep takin the flexeral and ibuprofen until I feel good enough without it. I end up with no withdrawals but dont feel 100%. My best peice of advice is keep your mind occupied. I cant stress that enough!!! The more you think about it the worse the withdrawal is. As long as Im occupying my mind away from the withdrawals I dont feel to bad. Im still doing my detoxing but i feel pretty good and confident im gona get through it and never going back. Ive waisted to much time and money and let my son miss out on so many things bc of this addiction. I hope my advice will help somebody.