Say, "I understand how you might feel that way." or "Im sorry that you feel that way" You are violating him, and he is going to have a hard time argueing with it. I think that NC almost always works, as long as there isnt an OP involved, it is very effective. But at some point, if you want things to work, it has to be broken, and thats the tough part. If at any point he starts to pull away again, you instantly go pitch black!
I really think that if you could scrape together the money to even have one DB phone coaching appt, it would help you out alot.
I guess I gave the wrong finger to the wrong man...