Be Rid of Blockages

But with the alcoholic whose hope is in the maintenance and growth of a spiritual experience, this business of resentment is infinitely grave. We found that it is fatal. For when harboring such feelings we shut ourselves off from the Sunlight of the Spirit. AA pg.66

Anyone who loves their brother and sister lives in the LIGHT, and there is nothing in them to make them stumble. But anyone who hates a brother or sister is in the darkness and walks around in the darkness. They do not know where they are going, because the DARKNESS has BLINDED them. 1 John 2: 10-11

Though our decision in step 3 was a vital and crucial step, It could have a little permanent effect unless at once followed by a strenuous effort to face, and be RID of, the things in ourselves which had been BLOCKING us. AA pg.64