Thanks everyone. 'Night one' over with. Slept badly of course, though not as badly as I might have done. I had managed to taper of ever so slightly two or three days before stopping, plus I took an exta half of my anti-depressant so I got three or four hours in I would guess.
Finding the traction to actually motivate a 'day one' is hard, keeping that up for a few weeks and months is a bit easier (in my experience), keeping it up long term, when memories of how bad one was feeling are fading and the booze is whispering to you is another thing and my downfall in the past.
MOS - yes I tried AVTR and other methods with some but not much success. It seems to me I have finally realised that it is person to person 'fellowship' which makes the difference to me. I will post and reads in the secular section too.