On Sale: Jun 8, 2027
Page Count: 256 pages
Publisher: Balance
ISBN-13: 9781538787991

$12.99

$16.99 CAD

Format

ebook

Format:

ebook $12.99 $16.99 CAD

Preorder from Retailers:

Addiction recovery can be grueling—but journaling can help you acknowledge the positives and take your recovery one day at a time.

Positive Recovery Journaling is a new and revelatory practice designed to support your recovery by focusing on the positives in everyday life. The prompts encourage positive emotions and self-affirmation to offset our natural human tendency to think negatively, the short duration of good feelings, and the aftereffects of addiction.

In Positive Recovery Journaling, you will:

Reflect one day at a time, creating a portfolio of proof of good things happening during your recovery journey
Center yourself through specific prompts, inviting an intentional reset for each day
Slow down and build capacity to recognize small wins
Have a safe place to rant and express the many emotions that come with addiction recovery.

Drawn from the addiction specialist Amy Krentzman’s own recovery and years of research, this process has been linked to greater life satisfaction, well-being, and happiness with recovery. Positive Recovery Journaling will support you, no matter where you are on your journey.

Genre:

Amy R. Krentzman is an associate professor and director of research at the University of Minnesota School of Social Work, holding a BA in English literature from Northwestern University, an MSW from New York University, and a PhD in Social Welfare from the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences at Case Western Reserve University. A licensed independent social worker in Minnesota and a credentialed alcoholism and substance abuse counselor in New York, Dr. Krentzman studies addiction recovery and has published forty peer-reviewed journal articles on topics such as Twelve Step programs, gratitude, spirituality, sober living houses, journaling to support addiction recovery, and the experiences of recovery in small towns and rural communities. She has been interviewed on television, radio, podcasts, and in print media including in a 2025 New York Times T Magazine article as an expert on journaling.