Nothing to read back
The evening you got through in April is not written down anywhere, and by August what worked that night is gone with it.
A page for tonight
Tonight, dated and kept, with every earlier evening still there to read. What worked on the good nights is written down in your own words.
The blank page
Most sobriety apps put a number on the front, which means a hard evening comes with something to lose. There is no count here to protect. Just today, written down, and whatever today was actually like.
What it looks like
How to start a sobriety journal
Write the evening, not the total
How today was, what the urge was like if it came, and what you did instead.
Name who you can call
Put the name on the page while things are calm. It is easier to read than to remember at ten at night.
Start again with no arithmetic
There is no streak here to break, so there is nothing to restart. Just write tonight.
What this journal opens with
- How are you?
- What is the urge like today?
- Who can you call, if it gets loud?
A quiet start, never a form. Write past the prompt, ignore it, or make the page your own. The journal holds the shape; the words are yours.
Sobriety Journal Prompts
These prompts are for the day you are in. There is no count here to protect and no record to break, because a journal that scores you gives you something to lose on a hard evening.
- How are you today, honestly, in the first sentence that comes?
- What was the urge like today, if it came?
- What made today easier, and what made it harder?
- What did you do instead?
- What did you want to avoid feeling today?
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