I would say that if the only reason you are looking to ER is to get out of a bad job situation then you owe it to yourself to find another job and THEN decide if you still want to ER. I've been saving for ER since I was 25 years old. I'm nearly at the point where I can do it, and my job makes me want to do it NOW .... but the smarter side of me knows that I dont have enough saved for many "wants" and that a major medical problem would make me shudder financially.
$1,000 a month is not alot to live on. I have $850 per person per month budgeted for medical (insurance, copays, etc).
You need to weigh the stress of work vs the stress of worrying about money.