BBG- for me journaling is a continuous list- with emotions. I just keep adding to it. D and M stuff- like THAT incident which turned my life onto sobriety-to need milk. I re read this stuff and then just add more- a running tally. So if I speak to someone significant- a date/time- person added then have it in the future. I also rank my feelings from 1 - 10 every now and then.
CSAEY- lots of water..toast and easily digestibles.
AA mmetings- they are not scary. They are just people who want to share- listen, learn and support. There are the crazies, the zealots, the soccer mum's and the 'lads'. No different than any other group of people. I ignore the clichés, the god references and concentrate on how people stay sober and what works. After all I tried everything else and failed miserably. Meetings are a human connection to a terrible addictive process. I humanises it.
Give it a go- any who are getting jitters. What have you got to lose? NOTHING!