I was in the exact same situation, quit it 2 years ago due to white palace. Returned few weeks ago, replayed it from start, and finished white palace without pogoing.

I spent hours stuck in some small sections, just to make sure I don’t quit again. I think I took around 5 hours just to get it done.

I followed some videos for help:

https://youtu.be/G1o1ExLo3Ug

https://youtu.be/zpLIbqBVtTg

Make sure you have some healing charms set (hiveblood, deep focus, grubsong, grubberfly etc).