“My friend promised when these things were done I would enter upon a new relationship with my Creator” (Page 13, Big Book)
Recovery: Board the Hogwarts Express, and you’ll end up at Hogwarts. The Hogwarts Express is the journey, not the destination. The destination, Hogwarts, is the spiritual life that is acquired once the Steps have been completed. How do you board the train? Rush at the wall. What’s rushing at the wall? Buying all of the ideas of the programme and taking all of the actions enthusiastically. A lot of people haven’t yet received the Hogwarts letter: they’re still ‘out there’, knowing there’s something wrong, but not knowing what to do about it, which means we have work to do. “You’re a wizard, Harry, Bobby, Sally …!” Not everyone who receives the letter gets on the Hogwarts Express. A lot of people made it to King’s Cross (AA), all right, but are just camped out in tents on the platforms. They won’t board the Hogwarts Express, or, worse, they board other, more sensible trains.