I have personally done more than one 4th step, but I and my sponsor felt it was necessary for me. And I will say that, had I been truly living in the 10th-12th steps, I would not have found it necessary (not that I really liked that answer at the time!) because I would have continued to clear things up as they occured/I did them, instead of hanging onto them long enough to get (yet another) resentment.
That being said, I have to say that getting HONESTLY and THOROUGHLY through the steps as quickly as possible, not for speed's sake or to set any records, but to start on a healthy and happy journey through the rest of your life, is a really, really good idea - and highly recommended in the Big Book, by those guys who really knew, from desperation and absolutely no one else to teach them. Thanks, Frothy, for your intelligent and humorous reminder that, "Nowhere do you see, "We followed Step 3 with a 2 month period of reflection and coffee making."
