Companion Workbook and Journal
The View from a Windowless Basement Workbook is a guided sobriety workbook and journal designed to support people who are questioning, moderating, or ending their relationship with alcohol. It expands on the themes of the accompanying book The View from a Windowless Basement and offers structured exercises to process drinking patterns, emotions, and identity in early recovery.
Key facts
Format: Guided workbook and journal
Focus: Sobriety, alcohol recovery, self-reflection
Intended use: Companion to The View from a Windowless Basement
Audience: People exploring sobriety, gray-area drinkers, and those in early recovery
Purpose and approach
The workbook is built around reflective prompts, short readings, and practical exercises that help readers map their history with alcohol, identify triggers, and clarify what they want life without (or with less) drinking to look like. Rather than centering labels like “alcoholic,” it leans into curiosity and self-honesty, which can be especially helpful for gray-area drinkers who don’t feel represented in traditional recovery narratives.
Structure and content
Sections typically guide the reader from awareness to action: first unpacking beliefs about drinking, then examining how alcohol intersects with stress, relationships, work, and self-worth, and finally planning concrete changes and support systems. Many pages leave space for journaling, lists, and tracking patterns over time, turning the book into a personalized record of the sobriety journey.
How it’s used
Readers often use the workbook alongside the main book or other recovery resources, working through prompts daily or weekly. It can be used solo, but also fits well into small sobriety groups, therapy, or coaching contexts as a shared framework for discussion and accountability.