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Some participants were ready to try—motivated themselves or by the group or that they felt the medication perhaps wasn’t working anyway. There was concern after learning more about opioids especially its effects, tolerance and dependence. Tapering slowly was a reassuring message rather than ‘all or nothing’ enabling participants to ‘just give it a go.’‘and sometimes they would talk themselves into it and talk themselves out of it… it was… cos it’s a step into the unknown and we tell them this is what could possibly affect you …it did make it worse I… … cos some of the patients felt that they were already dealing with quite a bit you know to start with…… what made it really good was…… the other facilitator the nurse said you know ‘it need not be a dramatic drop it can be a gentle tapering thing’ and I think when they saw the tapering that settled them down at the end…’ L05‘Became friends…Reassurance that they are not alone’ L07