I did mine, like many others - straight from the book.
And I got stuck, confused also ~ because I was trying to wrap my head around it all.
The best advice I got was: Get a piece of paper and write down the name of any person, institution or principle that I have ever been angry with. Write a prayer at the top of the page asking that I be shown what I need to be shown....and then start writing out that list.
Part 1 of Step 4 is just a list of names, institutions and principles. When I was able to not be concerned with "why" I was writing this stuff down, and just got into the action of writing ~ a whole bunch came out.
Then I was given instruction for Part 2 ~ the second column.
The 7 deadly sins stuff I have only heard referred to in regards to the 3rd column...it seems that is two columns away right now. Not to mention, it really had nothing to do with the 7 deadly sins at all.
It's important to know that the 4th step is not about therapy, or finding out more about ones self.
The 4th step is about identifying those things which are blocking you from the power you need to recover and letting go of it, getting rid of it.
To face and be rid of....
A fact finding and fact facing process....
An effort to find the truth about the stock in trade...
Disclose damaged or unsaleable goods, to get rid of them promptly and without regret.
The above were taken from a single paragraph in the book that explains why we are taking an inventory....I had to read it again and again to realize how simple this process really is.
All the best..move forward!
(bb references taken from
http://www.aa.org/bigbookonline/en_bigbook_chapt5.pdf )