All sounds reasonable to me, Skydawg, and even rational. Welcome to the secular side of SR.
About this tapering though, that seems to generally be a tricky thing to accomplish, especially because it looks a lot like drinking. I know that is done in some locales in medical settings, but it's hard to self administer. For me, I took a hard look and decided that my last drink was my very last one, no more.
Why not check with a Dr? See what s/he has to say about it?
At any rate, you are most welcome here, and congratulations to you on getting yourself sorted out. I hope you keep posting.