Day One has come and (almost) gone. It was not easy but it was also not so hard that I deserve any special praise. I wanted cigarettes several times after I arrived at my layover hotel and it DID feel pretty odd to just stay in the room instead of periodically going outside to smoke. Pistachios helped. Catnaps helped. I'm reading Allen Carr and trying to feel JOY. Mostly, I just feel flat instead of victorious. But I didn't smoke. I guess that's all that matters.