I kept a journal from about age 10 through my first year of sobriety when I was 33. I still have most of them, and it's amazing to see how far I've come since then. OTOH, I wish I hadn't given it up, even though I didn't think I needed to journal anymore. I got a lot of insight from reading back through old entries; now I'm wondering if I should take it up again in order to help myself understand the crazy stuff I'm going through on my way back to stability (I hope). Whatever that is!