Six months before Kim Kearns quit drinking, she cracked open a book called, “We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life,” by Laura McKowen. Ms. Kearns, co-host of “The Weekend Sober” podcast, credits the book with helping her quit. When people start to evaluate their relationship with alcohol, they often “collect different prompts and data points,” said Aaron Weiner, a clinical psychologist practicing in Chicago. “Books are one of these data points” that help people realize they might have a problem, he said. We asked more than a dozen addiction experts, sobriety counselors, podcasters and people in recovery to share the books they found most helpful.

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Persons: Kim Kearns, Laura McKowen, ”, Kearns, Aaron Weiner Locations: Chicago