Dropped the Distibution database before disabling publishing and distribution, how to proceed? I'm setting up my first Distributor database on SQL Server 2012.  I successfully created one and then wanted to blow it away and perform the task again just for practice.

This was a brand new Distributor and nothing had been done with it yet.

In my naivete I ran the the following commands before disabling the publishing and distribution:

alter database distribution set offline;
drop database distribution;


Now when I try to disable it, I get the following error:

SQL Server could not disable publishing and distribution on '&lt;server&gt;'.
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Database 'distribution' does not exist. Make sure that the name is entered correctly.
Changed database context to 'master'. (Microsoft SQL Server, Error: 911)


Is there a way I can fix this?
I Googled it -- http://www.sqlrepl.com/sql-server/accidentally-dropped-distribution-database/ -- try to follow his advice!