To avoid falling into confusion over the names these defects should be called, let's take a universally recognized list of major human failings -- the Seven Deadly Sins of pride, greed, lust, anger, gluttony, envy, and sloth. That is the measure of our character defects, or, if you wish, of our sins. I ruthlessly faced my sins and became willing to have my new-found Friend take them away, root and branch.

Must A.A.'s spend most of their waking hours drearily rehashing their sins of omission or commission?

They always discovered that relief never came by confessing the sins of other people.

In belaboring the sins of some religious people, we could feel superior to all of them.   Alcoholics Anonymous / 12 Steps & 12 Traditions