Hi!! Yes, there is hope for you!! I've been clean 6 years off a 3000 mg a day addiction (not a typo), I too used for several years. I'm glad your dr is willing to taper you, but a month doesn't seem long enough, IMO. I had no choice but to do it cold turkey, my dr was not very understanding to say the least. In my experience, my physical wds eased up at around day 30.