Sober Diaries
A Guided Sober Experience on the Path to Recovery
by Steve Sundberg
A Guided Sober Experience on the Path to Recovery
by Steve Sundberg
Sober Diaries is a journal-writing guidebook for people in recovery from substance-abuse. The workbook contains 32 writing exercises that encourage the person to find their voice and explore their experiences, emotions and thoughts while in recovery. By encouraging the writer to give voice to their story, Sober Diaries builds self-esteem and full consciousness of the influences in one’s life and where the power and strength to be oneself comes from.
"Sober Diaries is a beautifully formatted journal which encourages individuals in treatment for addiction to contemplate the past and reflect upon the present and future. It poses a series of thoughtful questions that help to make the process of introspection flow gently. This journal will guide you towards greater insight as you travel along your personal path to recovery."
- Mary McLaughlin, PhD, Rehabilitation Psychologist, Syracuse, NY
"Sober Diaries is a handy, well designed journal for archiving self-discovery through its intuitive questioning and guided writing exercises. It gives attention to the many layers of the recovery process and moves you beyond abstinence and underneath the core issues, helping you to identify what needs to be healed."
- Beverly Sartain, M.A., Owner of Recovery Life Management, San Diego, CA
www.recoverylifemanagement.com"During my first few weeks of recovery, I learned how important journaling was to the recovery process. But all my journaling consisted of was what I had for breakfast that morning. Sober Diaries gave me something that I couldn't do for myself. It helped me free up my past and focus on the present - with the future in mind. Sober Diaries helped give me clarity, purged unconstructive thoughts, and provided me a record of my progress."
- Andy McDonald, Provo, Utah
Steve Sundberg teaches clients in addiction treatment centers and online in their work of self-discovery and finding their voice - and using it. He is the author of Street Logic, a novel about homelessness, and has worked on the front lines in the counseling field for over twenty-five years with homeless children, teenagers, and adults in the shelters and streets of Boston. He has been an addictions counselor in Florida since 2010.
