Yup, you got it. I'm all for quote-unquote "responsible" drug usage. Problem is, measuring that is more easily said than done.

Best of luck with quitting! The difficulty varies hugely from one person to another. I honestly didn't have that much trouble - if I'd quit cold-turkey it probably would have been hideous, but I found that sloooowly ramping down dosage over a month or so diffused and stretched-out that hideousness to around 5-6 weeks of mild unpleasantness and nothing more. Totally doable.

But that's just me. Others on /r/quittingkratom report attempting exactly this, and still endure months of hell. Still others attempt cold-turkey quitting and report zero unpleasantness whatsoever. You never know until you try, right?