It is not necessary to maintain long-term relationships with them, you can appear periodically as needed and the need for it, besides, it can be turned into a daily routine. And you can also use existing connections :), for example, ask a friend, partner or family member to help. Maybe they will remind you daily that today is sobriety day, or they will ask you if you are going to drink today, etc.
In addition, about books if you are from Russia, it seems they were translated into Russian, which can help in reading them.
A tall man stands among the wind generators and tries to be like them