Be Accountable to Someone
In the professional world, what is the strongest motivator for peak performance?
The annual review (or notification of the pink slip). Twelve-step groups use this method
--called accountability--
to keep people sober and on the recovery wagon.
Everyone has a sponsor, a mentor to teach them the program, to guide them toward physical, mental, and spiritual health.
Today several people together serve as my emotional "sponsor," keeping me accountable for my actions:
Today several people together serve as my emotional "sponsor," keeping me accountable for my actions:
Having these folks around to divulge my misdeeds to is like confession--it keeps the list of sins from getting too long.
