Taking an Inventory

From a 45 year old article on Going Through the Steps is a listing of 20 character defects we should ask ourselves about as we take our inventory.
In Step 4 as we take a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves, we must find out what we've got, what we need to get rid of, and what we need to acquire. The "fearless" is not about how we feel, but about what we write, thoroughly, rigorously honest. There are 20 character defects to ask about -- the individual wrongs we have done are not necessary to go over, just the defects that caused them. The inventory is of our defects, not our incidents.
Going over the listing, we ask ourself have we honestly admitted our defects to ourself as we write out on paper how they have manifested in our lives and created the unmanageability we have known.
Here are the defects:

1. Resentment, Anger


2. Fear, Cowardice


3. Self pity


4. Self justification


5. Self importance, Egotism


6. Self condemnation, Guilt


7. Lying, Evasiveness, Dishonesty


8. Impatience


9. Hate


10. False pride, Phoniness, Denial


11. Jealousy


12. Envy


13. Laziness


14. Procrastination


15. Insincerity


16. Negative Thinking


17. Immoral thinking


18. Perfectionism, Intolerance


19. Criticizing, Loose Talk, Gossip


20. Greed

Having admitted these defects to ourselves, having thoroughly inventoried them and written out how they have manifested and controlled our actions and reactions in life, we have completed Step 4.