No words of love, but all the other signs of it. I am expecting it to take about 1 year.
You are doing great! Just a word of caution as from the sounds of what you describe he is still in withdrawal. No expectations! (See above) it will take the amount of time it takes, you may still see some weird things, before you get those words ILY. Keep us posted. Not to many people post the end part of MLC.