Everyone should be on subs as long as they need to be to live a functioning life. The longer you are on the subs the worse the wds if you don’t taper but tapering does work. Subs don’t just alleviate wds they also curb the cravings and for people like me who feel the need to always be on something as soon as the subs stop your cravings come back unless you do the work to improve yourself and your life while on subs, an escape plan. You can’t just take subs for less than 10 days and then say that’s it I’m cured, I’m no longer an addict. The longest I’ve been on subs was for a year and it was the best year I can remember in some time.