One day at a time.
One page at a time.
Recovery Journal is a private journal for your twelve-step work. Your words are encrypted on your device before they're saved — no one else can read them. Not even us. Free to use.
FORMING TRUE PARTNERSHIPS
"But it is from our twisted relations with family, friends, and society at large that many of us have suffered the most. We have been especially stupid and stubborn about them. The primary fact that we fail to recognize is our total inability to form a true partnership with another human being. *TWELVE STEPS AND TWELVE TRADITIONS, p. 53*"
Not even we can read it.
Encrypted before it leaves your device
Your words are sealed in your browser. Our servers only ever store ciphertext.
No analytics on your recovery
We don't track what you write, when you struggle, or how often you visit.
Delete everything, any time
One action in your privacy settings removes every record.
A day with the journal
Begin with the daily reflection and set an intention.
Note what you're grateful for as the day gives it to you.
Close with a gentle review: what went well, what was hard, what you'll carry into tomorrow.
Step work, gently
The steps ask hard questions. The journal gives the answers a private place to live.
Step Four
A digital inventory worksheet with its own separate encryption key — yours to keep, or destroy.
Step Six
A daily character focus, drawn like a name from a hat — weighted towards what you're working on.
Steps Eight & Nine
An amends list that tracks where you are with each name, at your pace.
For the hard days
Some days, opening the app is the win. Bad Day Mode strips the journal back to essentials, your safety plan stays one tap away, and the craving log is there when an urge needs somewhere to go.
Built by people in recovery
Recovery Journal was created by people who understand the journey — and who wanted a journal that minds its own business. We keep our anonymity; it's a tradition, after all.