Welcome Goldie. My day 2 was 9 days ago. The first day is hard but you start to physically heal - eating better and feeling better - pretty quickly (in my experience). However, thereafter, once you get back on your feet you need to work on the mind. As Craig Ferguson said in a monologue I mentioned in an earlier post, "I don't have a drinking problem, I have a thinking problem.". Day 3 is right around the corner.
And one last thing. I just saw your post about missing mini-vacations. Trust me, there are others ways of doing it. It takes time and most of all patience, which is something hard to come by in our hyper-consumerist electronic culture, but because we live in such a place, it's easier to recognize those blissful states when you have them. And they will be a lot more long lived than the ones we experienced drinking. Guaranteed.
Harpo