Well, I think you are a first. I thought of replying yesterday, but I did not want to waste my time writing out my advice if you weren't going to do it, or even stick around.
Seriously, I made that little jab to hopefully get you to see how your initial post came across to some of us.
It's difficult to give pertinent advice when we don't know your story. Leaving in the middle of DR to jump into DB and read only half.....and now saying it didn't give you the meat & potatoes you need, tells me you are wanting to by-pass anything you don't deem necessary and just get the clip notes.
We want to help, but you have to get it the same way everyone gets it. As for trying to find success stories to boost your encouragement, there are a few around. Most people leave after things start looking better (or worse), so we don't get hundreds of reports back. However, we sure understand a newcomer needing encouragement. If it helps, I was a wayward wife when I found this board back in 2007. I give it credit to giving me the guidance I needed to save myself and the M. There a few of us that have stuck around to pay it forward. I hope some day you will be saying those very words to some newcomer.
It can happen. Don't give up on yourself or with DBing. I hope you will finish Divore Remedy.
It is not about what you feel should work in your M. It is about doing the work that gets the right results. Do what works!