Step 4
Write down all the things that are messing you up or have ever messed you up and don’t lie, or leave anything out.
1. Use the list on the next page
2. Where did I make a Mistake?
3. Where have I been Selfish?
4. Where was I Dishonest?
5. Where was I Self-seeking?
6. Where was I Afraid?
7. Where am I to Blame?
8. Where am I at Fault?*
9. Where was I Wrong?
Here are some example ‘defective characteristics’ which are often present when we are resentful:
Arrogance, Avarice, Contempt, Cowardice, Cruelty, Disobedience, Distrust, Domination, Envy, Gluttony, Impatience, Impenitence, Indifference, Intolerance, Jealousy, Lack of discipline, Laziness, Lust, Malice, Over-ambition, Over-sensitivity, Presumption, Pride, Prudery, Pugnacity, Retaliation, Self-pity, Sentimentality, Shame (hurt pride), Snobbery, Timidity, Vanity, Violation of confidence, Wastefulness
I Resent Because This Affects My Part Character Defects
List a person, place or thing
1. Pride
2. Self-esteem
3. Personal relations
4. Sexual relations
5. Ambitions
6. Security
7. Finances
1. Mistakes
2. Selfishness
3. Dishonesty
4. Self-seeking
5. Fear 6. Harm
1. Pride
2. Self-pity
3. Selfishness
4. Self-centeredness
5. Intolerance
6. Impatience
7. Green
8. Gluttony
9. Jealousy
10. Envy
11. Sloth
12. Lust
13. Arrogance
14. Dishonesty
15 Self-righteousness
16. Grandiosity
Honestly tell someone trustworthy about how you are . Before beginning this step, ask yourself: