If you're willing to get professional help, I advise going to your GP and telling them you've been overdosing. They'll then get you blood tests to check for liver damage, and they can guide you on how to get some sort of counselling to help you stop doing it. They won't judge, they'll have seen it before, they'll just want to help you.
Cocodamol had a narrow therapeutic index, i.e. the difference between a medicinal dose and a toxic dose is very small. Liver damage can go undetected and unsymptomatic for a long time, so even small overdoses now can leave you with problems you might really regret down the line even once you've kicked the habit. It's one of those medicines where they're not joking about the recommended dose. Get help now.
How best to cut down depends. How much have you been taking and how often? If your current withdrawal symptoms are like a mild flu then I recommend fighting the symptoms and going cold turkey. It sucks but after a couple of days the physical symptoms will improve and you can concentrate on getting yourself psychologically healthy. Start immediately. Do not let it get one bit worse than what it's at now. Major opiate withdrawal is hell on earth and can be one of the hardest things a person ever has to go through. Do not under any circumstances let yourself get to that stage.
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