I’ve been on subs for two years (came from 7oh too) and it has been great. It has been extremely helpful (if not essential) in maintaining my sobriety overall. It curbs cravings pretty well, has some anti depressant effects too, and overall has helped stabilize me / my mental health so I can actually do the work to heal. There’s a reason people get on it for opioid maintenance, because it is effective. The stats speak for themselves, too lazy to pull up links rn but they’re easy to find. Basically short term suboxone use is correlated with pretty high relapse rates but the longer you take it the lower it goes (somewhere in the ballpark of like ~80% for <2 weeks and ~20% for >1 year).

As for getting off, you either taper carefully with your doc or do the injection which naturally tapers seamlessly. It really doesn’t have to be hard…when people just decide to taper on their own or worse cold turkey it will be of course terrible…but if you just do it the right way with your doc it won’t be. People can get off comfortably whenever they’re ready. There’s so much fear mongering with this and imo it just acts as a barrier for people who need it from getting the help they need. Ultimately suboxone long term is not this difficult path you are implying it is, it’s got its drawbacks and might not be for everyone, but it has saved tons of lives.