I would think that a business that takes no regular inventory usually goes broke. I tried to take stock honestly and am convinced that self was what had defeated me. It has been said that resentment is the number one offender and destroys more alcoholics than anything else. In the 5th step, I admitted to God, to myself, and another person the exact nature of my wrongs. This represents the clean in the phrase clean and sober .
Confession is good for the soul.
In the 6th step I was to become entirely ready to have God remove all my defects of character. This takes a lifetime. In the 7th step, I humbly asked Him to remove my shortcomings. I sometimes come up short in my spiritual growth. In the 8th step, I made a list of all persons I had harmed and became willing to make amends.