Originally Posted by
freshstart57 
Fully half of the twelve steps are concerned with defective character aspects, dishonesty, wrongdoing, contrition, reparation for harms committed, and so on. AA appears to be of the opinion...
It is not a "opinion" that we have character defects. It is just a fact of life - no judgement needs to be made in the inventory process.
The fact that "we/ourselves" do the inventory transforms it from being a humiliation experience into being a humility experience. To an outside observer it may look like humiliation, but from an inside perspective, there is a huge difference. The goal of self-appraisal is to detach from all judgement and condemnation. Not attach to it.
That's where experience is critical to guiding a person through the inventory process. To a spectator, the process looks completely different. You can't analyze this kind of stuff using logic and reason. Logic and reason are the wrong tools to use to get to the truth about spiritual matters. Thus my tag line:
