I like that CodeJob used a baseball analogy. I've used one recently too.
I just moved out of my home but have agreed to "work on things" with my A. I tried to explain that it was going to take time, maybe a lot, and some space for things to heal and repair. (That's where the baseball analogy comes in)
If you're a major league pitcher and your relationship is your arm.. if you break your arm this week. You're not pitching next week. There is NO way possible. You'll have some time before surgery can be scheduled where you'll have to live with the pain, then you'll have surgery, then it'll need some time to heal. After that there will be really lite rehab, followed by more rehab, then you they might let you pitch in the minors "on assignment", after following ALL of those things and the time it takes, you MIGHT get to pitch in the majors again.. but there is no guarantee. Even if you do get back to the big park.. you may never pitch the same again..
It's a process, a healing and repairing process... where actions are the only things that matter.