Hello all, I am on day 22 of NO suboxone! A few months ago this amount of time seemed impossible to achieve. Just for some background info, I'm a male in my mid 30's. I've had an addiction to opiates for nearly 8 years now. I started on vicodin for multiple shoulder surgeries in 2006 and did that dance for 2 1/2 years. I then was able to get clean and stay clean for 2 years. After re injuring my shoulder in early 2010 my Dr put me on Tramadol a because of my affinity for vicodin. Mistake! I actually preferred the tram and soon found myself 1 year strong and taking as many as 20 50mg pills a day. I decided suboxone was my best choice of action. Mistake #2! Subs did help me get my life back on track and live fairly normal without chasing the high for over a year and I thought it was a wonder drug (it DID help) BUT I started at 16mgs/day and stayed for a year which in hindsight was waaaay too high and WAAAY too long. I've spent the past year tapering and got down to 2mgs relatively easily but that's where I hit the brick wall. I would go into WDs everytime I tried to drop lower. Even the smallest amount. From what I've heard, the last 2mgs are the hardest. Anyway, I have and decided to just jump off at 2 because I wasn't making any headway trying to taper further. I'm now on day 22 and actually feel somewhat human today. I still can't sleep very well, and my appetite isn't what it should be. I've list probably 15 lbs in the past 3 weeks. The crappy feelings come in waves that can be overwhelming and depression at times is staggering. BUT today I woke feeling rejuvenated! I'm sure I'm doing for a crappy wave to crash upon my shore at any moment but I have a feeling the good is beginning to outweigh the bad. I'm here to say that although this is extremely hard it IS possible! We were all drug free and happy at one point and can be again. I'd love to hear other stories and possibly help give encouragement and advice to somebody who needs it. We're all in this together!