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Db1105 
In Step 7, we ask our Higher Power to remove our defects. It doesn’t mean that they will be removed. Part of being humble is accepting myself to be flawed. Sometimes outrageously. Instead of seeking relief in the bottle, I seek it through my Higher Power by helping others.
And, as my Sponsor used to tell me, “you don’t get 5 years of sobriety until the earth goes around the sun 5 times”. I know for me, trying to be a decent human being took a lot of practice.
This is a great point. It doesn't say that our defects will be removed NOW, nor in a way we get to choose (other than following th progam) not by anything else we might desire, have tried before, whatever. That patience thing again....I have found in just my two and a half years that I look back on certain times or phases and see what was happening, a defect being removed or mitigated, though I didn't think it was at the time. Daily repetition of my progam tools is my key.