I just put Step 4 into Google and I got some great stuff up.  The AA stuff is always good as they have been doing this for some time.  I started by looking at my resentments and fears and somehow loads of ideas came from that.  Ask other people as well, sometimes others can see what you can't.  And don't just look for the bad stuff, you need to know your good points too.  My sponsor asked me to think of three attributes and it took me a few days of serious thinking to do that without saying 'BUT'.

Be aware though, it is going to get painful, just writing this junk down tears me to bits.  But think how good it will feel when you know your Higher power is going to sort these defects of character for you. Hope it goes well for you, this is a really important step. Cara

I am now "working" step 4 myself.  The first thing I did was act on my decison to do it.  Then I finally asked for help in getting a sponsor.

I began free writing things that about my character flaws, with no real format or anything.  One thing my sponsor told me that helped out is that God already knows what is on the paper.  My job was to just uncover what it said.  I also found that the book Hunger for Healing had a great section on Step 4 and preparing for step 4.  This is helping me to work through it and not feel overwhelmed.

ru4jesus wrote: I need help working Step 4.. How do I accomplish this step... Help... I need help working the steps in general... victoria

I showed my sponsor some pdf files to help with the 4th step I got from hazeldon's website, he calls that stuff "suicide sheets", he's quiant.

 What amazed me was how clear the directions in the Big Book are, I had been trying to self sponsor and was hopelessly lost and confused by those clear directions. The directions say Make a list of resentments, going back over your life.

Theres nothing else required until that list is done, a few hrs at the most.

I also learned procrastination is defiance, which makes step 3 a lie, so I had to get down to it and then (finally) it took no time.

 I had been jumping around in the directions, looking for a shortcut to see the answer . So a guide in the form of a sponsor was invaluable, it was like driving around the freeways of LA without a map and claiming the roads don't make sense. I did plenty of that.