Laura McKowen is a bestselling author, speaker, and recovery advocate whose work explores addiction, emotional sobriety, and the complexities of relationships and personal change. She is the author of We Are the Luckiest: The Surprising Magic of a Sober Life and Push Off From Here: Nine Essential Truths to Get You Through Life (and Everything Else), books that have resonated widely for their honesty, depth, and compassionate approach to recovery.

Drawing from her own lived experience with addiction and sobriety, Laura’s work offers a deeply personal and expansive view of healing, one that extends beyond abstinence to include emotional truth, self awareness, and meaningful connection. Her writing and teaching often explore how patterns of behavior, relationships, and identity are shaped through both struggle and transformation, inviting a more nuanced and human understanding of recovery.

In 2020, Laura founded The Luckiest Club, a global sobriety support community that offers connection, resources, and shared experience for people navigating their relationship with alcohol and other forms of coping. She is also the writer behind Love Story, a widely read newsletter where she reflects on sobriety, relationships, writing, and the ongoing process of becoming.

Through her work, Laura invites people to reconsider what it means to live fully and honestly, offering a path toward healing that is rooted in courage, self compassion, and the possibility of a more expansive life.