Day 4!
Some quick observations:
I can see a difference in my body as each day progresses. Yesterday my eyes were clearer than they have been in 3 months. Today my skin started to feel a bit more hydrated and normal. The bloating in my face has gone down.
I was pretty irritable last night between about 4:30 and 8. The witching hour. Partly that was because we had a family BBQ and there were 4 kids running around screaming. Usually I'd use alcohol to "help" in the situation but I've been pretty strong (so far) in my commitment to stop. I ended up jumping in the pool with the kids and tossing them around. That exercise made me feel so much better.
It's funny...when I'm drinking and hung over all the time, most of my day is discomfort and the only respite I have are those few hours of drinking at night. But when I'm sober, most of my day is good to great, and the only discomfort I have is that window of time at night when the cravings hit. And those recede with time. Pretty clear which is the better deal, no?
Happy to be sober today.