I am watching someone suffering from pride sabotage his life and happiness. Goes to church, but the message of change is always for someone else. Points fingers, doesn’t accept own agency. Won’t take loving feedback and advice. Loses intimacy because strikes out rather than face own contribution. Yet a likeable person with many good qualities. It’s like seeing a crack addict who denies holding a pipe to their own lips. It’s the root sin because it caps all spiritual progress. Lust, sloth, gluttony… can be addressed if we get humble. Pride defeats its own resolution. Keeps you dependent on the matrix sources of meaning in life, too.