Hi wannawean,
Welcome to the forum. Congratulations on wanting to quit and
for taking the first step by quitting your DOC. I was on
suboxone for nearly 4 years - if you can do it, please don't take suboxone long term, you are correct, the withdrawals from suboxone are long and while the manufacturer and docs say that it is only a partial agonist and should not be as bad, the long half life makes the withdrawl much longer. Tapering is the only way.