I didn't throw in the towel (in a sense I couldn't and can't), but usually something needs to end before something else can begin. In this case I broke out of the comfort zone of my complacent, inflexible thinking in order to make progress and be compassionate and understand my W's perspective. I think I needed to go where I did because I learned a lot from it. I know it wasn't pretty. It's good to have a place to vent.
“No problem can be solved from the same level of consciousness that created it. ” – Albert Einstein