Difficult issue, I was 39 when I quit for the final time, after 5 years use. 2.5 years earlier I had already terrible WD symptoms after 2.5 years use but I will never know how the recovery had would have been if I had not restarted then... but I felt I could not afford getting sick from work and besides I had no knowledge of withdrawal.
I know the case of Charly G alhough I do not know how long he was taking and indeed he was younger, maybe 30 years or so.
I am still not sure whether I will fully recover, now at 4.5 years there is improvement but still not healed enough to resume work. Maybe a good sign is thast I normally sleep well, can tolerate all foods, can drive, program, go out with friends,,hike etc. But the neuropatyh is very very persistent. It just wil take a very long time for some of us.
