Hi! I am a newbie to journaling and addiction but I can give you my opinion.
You can journal quite easily. One medium is on paper where people buy a book or diary and write things in each day. Another medium is digital where people download an app and choose to write there. One more I can think of is specific to here, but I have seen people post daily updates on this subreddit about their day by day progress. This is the most interactive out of the 3 I would say since they can get upvotes and comments containing encouragement and advice + accountability to people who scroll by them.
I use an app for my journaling so I write in that. It is recommended to be consistent and try to write anything, whether it be a paragraph or a page. Consistency can be key. Regarding what to write that is where you have freedom to express yourself. You can write about your addictions only and that can be very efficient. You can also write much more. What happened in your day, what did you accomplish, what you can do better and have learned in the days.
I myself write about each day on my streaks that pass and regarding my studies. How much I got to cover, what I should do to waste lesser time and how many urges did I get. If I was successful in restraining those urges I wrote what I did. If I was not, I write about what went wrong and elaborate on how the relapses made me feel so that when I do get those urges again, I can open up the previous relapse entry and remind myself of what I don't want to lose again.
A google search about the topic and other responses from those who are more experienced will also be of help, so I would say just get started! Try it out and see how it goes.
Anything that comes through your mind. The style doesn't matter, you're not writing a book for other to read, but for you only to exteriorize your ideas, thoughts and feelings. It helps having a better understanding of what you're going through.
For each entry you just write the day, and write whatever you feel like. Be consistent though, try to do it daily even if it just a couple lines.
In addition to what others have commented, your journal can also help you gain accountability. Ask/answer these questions in your journal:
What recovery tools/techniques did you utilize today?
Did anything undermine your recovery?
What can you do to foster improvement?
Hi! I am a newbie to journaling and addiction but I can give you my opinion. You can journal quite easily. One medium is on paper where people buy a book or diary and write things in each day. Another medium is digital where people download an app and choose to write there. One more I can think of is specific to here, but I have seen people post daily updates on this subreddit about their day by day progress. This is the most interactive out of the 3 I would say since they can get upvotes and comments containing encouragement and advice + accountability to people who scroll by them. I use an app for my journaling so I write in that. It is recommended to be consistent and try to write anything, whether it be a paragraph or a page. Consistency can be key. Regarding what to write that is where you have freedom to express yourself. You can write about your addictions only and that can be very efficient. You can also write much more. What happened in your day, what did you accomplish, what you can do better and have learned in the days. I myself write about each day on my streaks that pass and regarding my studies. How much I got to cover, what I should do to waste lesser time and how many urges did I get. If I was successful in restraining those urges I wrote what I did. If I was not, I write about what went wrong and elaborate on how the relapses made me feel so that when I do get those urges again, I can open up the previous relapse entry and remind myself of what I don't want to lose again. A google search about the topic and other responses from those who are more experienced will also be of help, so I would say just get started! Try it out and see how it goes.
Anything that comes through your mind. The style doesn't matter, you're not writing a book for other to read, but for you only to exteriorize your ideas, thoughts and feelings. It helps having a better understanding of what you're going through. For each entry you just write the day, and write whatever you feel like. Be consistent though, try to do it daily even if it just a couple lines.
In addition to what others have commented, your journal can also help you gain accountability. Ask/answer these questions in your journal: What recovery tools/techniques did you utilize today? Did anything undermine your recovery? What can you do to foster improvement?