Absolutely, that’s a great idea. One thing that I read once: addiction is a disease of escape. The cure is connection. When we connect with people (meaningfully and sober), we realize our value, sober, we face our fears of not being good enough, or strong enough, or social enough, or whatever.
We also need to connect with ourselves, and journaling is good for that. Art is good too, and nature walks. (Maybe join a hiking club?)
If you combine sober connections (especially in a sobriety program, which is basically the same as free therapy) and journaling or art, we get a powerful sober growth combo that carries us through the inevitable “addict voice” calling us back to using our drug.
Take a look here - there are many groups and lots to choose from. I bet you would enjoy a meeting, maybe explore a few different meetings. I was really nervous my first one, but people were wonderful, and I’ve learned so much (it transformed my sobriety):
Resources for our recovery
Congrats again! This is a good new chapter for your life. Enjoy it 