Piloting "Positive Peer Journaling" a Journaling Practice to Support Recovery From Addiction

Inclusion Criteria: * minimum 18 years of age, * meet DSM-V criteria for past-year SUD as primary or secondary diagnosis, * English literacy sufficient to make short written lists needed to complete PPJ and homework assessments, * minimum 2 weeks sustained abstinence, * completed first 2 weeks of treatment at Wayside (approximately 2 weeks), a residential substance use disorder treatment program and the recruitment site, * priority will go to participants who are from or moving back to a rural area or small town defined as a population less than 10,500, * agree to be audio recorded in group meetings and in individual meetings with research staff, * currently are clients in the Wayside residential program, * participants must be English speaking and literacy must be strong enough to write short lists and to understand the questions asked in the questionnaires. * Priority will go to women who will be residing at Wayside for the duration of the study activities (and not moving out after one week, for example). Exclusion Criteria: * presence of a psychotic disorder, psychiatric condition (e.g., suicidal ideation), or cognitive impairment (e.g., severe dementia, traumatic brain injury) limiting ability to give consent and/or participate in the study; * severe psychiatric illness (current schizophrenia, major depression with suicidal ideation); * personality disorders that would interfere with satisfactory participation in or completion of the study protocol, * inability to give informed, voluntary consent to participate, * lack of sufficient English literacy to participate, defined as inability to make a list of 5 things they did yesterday and inability to understand questionnaire items, * any impairment, activity, or situation that in the judgement of the research staff would prevent satisfactory participation in or completion of the study protocol.