Meeting last night

So i learned something at my meeting last night. Step six, can only be done when 1-5 are taken care of.. I have been going to al anon for 7 years and never heard it put that way. We were talking about character defects and how we want them removed and never to have to deal with them again, NOT, doesn't work that way, they always pop up like weeds in a garden for us to work on again. So unless i have taken an inventory and admitted my character defects to myself, god, and someone else, i cannot ask God to remove them. Well that makes sense, how can i ask him to remove something if i don't know what that something is or why i do it...Hmm, something to think about!!