How to get over your best friend?

Alright, so I had really strong feelings for my best friend, and prior to a bunch of events, we would have ended up dating. But stuff happened (bonus points to anyone who reads my old question and finds out what that “stuff” is) and now we’re just friends.

There was like a 4 month period in which I was waiting for him, because he said he still wanted to date me when he was ready. But, now he just wants to be friends, and doesn’t want to jeopardize our friendship with a relationship. And honestly he’s most likely right. If we dated, it would probably end terribly and we wouldn’t talk for a long time.

So now the problem is resolving my feelings for him and getting over him. I want to just be his friend, but there are a lot of lingering feelings for him that are really getting in the way. And since he’s my best friend, it’s not like I can just take a break from him. What can I do to stop these annoying feelings from interfering with our friendship? And how can I accelerate getting over him?