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I feel your pain. Have you tried hitting irons into a bean bag or some such equivalent? That may help you get the "feel" of the back of your hand hitting into the ball instead of the tips of your knuckles.
How is your chipping? Do you keep your hands ahead of the clubface through impact? To do this, keeps your wrist from breaking down and flipping the club. If so, try chipping drills with driver and long irons, again, to get the "feel" of the wrist staying firm through impact.

Found this on the PGA website ... hope it helps.

Link: http://www.pga.com/golf-instru..

I would have told you to do punch shots but that seems to not work for you. You could try swinging in slow motion and not letting your wrist break till your hands pass the ball. It should help you learn what it should feel like to not cast.Once you do start hitting full shots you may hit a few fades or slices till you can get your timing right.

You may also be trying to swing too hard. I have noticed that that when I try to swing too hard, I come from the outside and hit a pull. If that is the case then you need to slow down your take away and work on the transition from your take away to the down swing. That will help put the club where it needs to be so the you dont come over the top

If you've got the punch working, keep working on it. Eventually you'll learn how to capture that feel with a full swing, but don't be impatient with it. It sounds like you're on the road to recovery.

One way to fix the casting problem is to practice swinging a club upside down, and trying to get the woosh sound to happen just after where impact would be, instead of before it. Pay attention to what your wrists are doing, make sure they get fully cocked on the back swing, and that you are not unhinging them early.

Another drill to get rid of the casting problem is to place a headcover about 18 inches behind the golf ball. Try to hit a golf ball without hitting the headcover.

I don't really know the cause of casting. I think its an impulse to want to hit the ball, and people generally have an instinct to want to get speed from their hands and wrists, which ultimately kills you.

I am a long hitter, I havent always been a long hitter, but I learned how to maintain my lag...hold the wrist hinge.

First everything you need to know is in the dirt. If you are holding your lag your divots will begin after the ball...not before it. One way to improve is to focus on your divots. I have seen people lay down towels 4 inches behind the ball and swing to miss the towel. That will help.

Another visual to try is this. Instead of focusing your eyes on the ball when practicing...try focusing your eyes on a blade of grass 4 inches in front of the ball. This will help you lose the hit the ball mentality.

Another visual that will work is focusing on the clubhead in the swing. If you want to hold your lag you want to focus on not letting the clubhead pass your hands until way after impact. Your hands should be near your left knee when the club hits the ball. In the downswing I like to feel like the clubhead is behind my hands half way down. If I do that...a) I hit a draw and b) I keep my lag,

Pick one of these images at a time and see what works for you. Don't double them up.

I either helped you or I confused you...

I've heard of the towel drill, and I've watched a good friend improve his striking by doing the focus-in-front-of-the-ball thing and checking his divots.

Good drills, and both stress the reality that it's up to you fix this. There's no shortcuts, and these drills force you to train your body to find the fix.