Great post Sci! Sounds like you are doing great work and things may be turning around a bit for you. Be careful the things your W is doing isn't just breadcrumbs. I have the same questions as you, how will you know? When is there an epiphany or a bell goes off, either that progress has been made and its time to work on reconciliation? Or just the opposite when it is time to walk away? According to my counselor, which does not help me at all is, "you will know. at that time in your heart you will know." While that doesn't help I do think it is true, at some point you just know. In order to know, however, I think you need to follow the small signs of progression, those little signs, yield, stop, speed limit and so on eventually lead to you your sign and you realize "oh I am here."
Me 41 W 33 M 2013 Suspect A 11/15 Confirm A 1/16 She moved out 2/14/16 Stepson 13 Stepson 16