I was also hooked for 6 years on Percocet. I had a running script for 90 every 10 days. It got the point that I was taking 20 at a time everyday and getting my doctor to release my repeat early. This was a few years ago. I have been clean without any doctors help for 2 years. I tried to just stop but that was hell. So, I weened off myself. It really wasn't that bad, but it took some time. I started with week one, 1 pill less every day. Week 2, 3 pills less, every day. Then at week 7 I was down to 2 pills a day. Week 8, I never filled my script but started buying over the counter Tylenol 1, these have codeine 8mg in them. I would take a few of these for times when I had a unbearable craving. Since they have codeine which is an opiate in them, and I weened off slowly enough that just having 2 tablets was enough to relieve withdrawl symptoms. It took about a full 10 weeks of slowly weening off to be completely rid of opiates with very minimal withdrawl effects. The withdrawl from my method was very manageable and one could easily goto work and not be bothered by it.