Just a quick note to answer your questions.
I was on
Suboxone for over 4 years. I tapered slowly off of it. I have been Sub free since September of 2007. At the end of the maintenance I was down a tiny piece every 3-4 days.
I think I was on it the longest of anyone I've read about. But I have not relapsed back into the insanity of my addiction to opiates. I consider myself a Suboxone success story, for today.....