Trouble Booting Monterey on 2012 MBP

I have Monterey (12.7.1) installed on my mid 2012 MBP (Non-Retina) and I have the latest OCLP installed. If it's shutdown for a while, I can usually just hit the Power button and it will boot to the EFI , then to the HD and I get the normal Apple Logo with the progress bar and everything is great.

However, If I then click 'Restart' (or 'Shutdown' and hit Power again), when it reboots I either get the 🚫 Symbol or just the stuck Apple Logo with no progress bar.

I've noticed also that if I hold the [Escape] key during this, sometimes the Mac will boot normally.

I'm ready to jump out of a window, but thought I'd try to get some help first.

submitted by /u/WellExcuuuuuuuseMe
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