Welcome nm! and congrats on your first five days sober! You had a heckuva detox, that alone would make me never touch a drink again! I chickened out and checked myself into a VA hospital for a nice 7 day supervised and medicated detox. Hang in there or hangover!
I am with newwings in everything said and more. Nine months here and it gets better with every month, just like it seems to get better every week at first.
Pay attention to what MycoolFitz said:
" . . . look forward to waking up each morning versus coming to."
I like that fitz! It fitz me.