Hi Charlie,
Regardless of where you are at the current moment, the practice of Buddhism is essentially to
1) Discern the cause of suffering.
2) Wipe it out of existence.
This process is only stopped by fear of the "end of suffering", so my question to you is:
What's stopping you from wiping out your suffering? Now it could be anything, fear of death, fear of finality, fear of non-existence etc. The practice of Buddhism is to move straight toward the fear and find yourself at the center of a cyclone, then exhaust the fear, at which point, through pure self-expression, the fear runs out, is consummated, satisfied, and can die.
If this process is activated with 100% sincerity, then the goal is guaranteed, and furthermore, nothing can go wrong. However if there is faultering, of any sort, then anything is liable to happen.
My practice mainly consists of activating this sincerity. But I believe the Buddha formulated different sets of faculties for those
with different dispositions, plase check out the
Bodhipakkhiya Dhamma and choose a set that invokes the most fear, thrill and excitement.
And then start heading towards your extinction!
Most people here practice the satipatthana, and it works for them. For me it doesn't, so my practice most similarly resembles
the catta sammapadhana, but even it's entirely different. The point is to do what you're afraid of, and man up, do what you believe you need to do. Essentially, striving for this goal, in fact attaining this goal is everyone's duty. To avoid it is only to procrastinate.
Enlightenment should lead to independence, fortitude, calm and satsifaction, it's supposed to be a salubrious win-win concept.
Also you may want to consider taking up a set of morals, as ground rules to organize your life and help you perceive what is skillful or not skillful to do. However if they hinder you then abandon them.
Good luck sir.