Anne Lamott talks about how at some point in her recovery process, she’d developed relationships with so many people who were invested in her sobriety that she couldn’t just disappear anymore. If she went off the radar for more than a day or so, she’d get calls, or people would show up at her house. She called them “The Interrupters.” I eventually created a crew of interrupters myself. They kept tabs on Laura. They sent texts and called. They kept inviting me to things. They didn’t let me disappear, even when I tried. They kept me accountable, which I eventually learned was a wise and
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