“We have found much of heaven and we have been rocketed into a fourth dimension of existence of which we had not even dreamed.” (Page 25, Big Book)
The first nine Steps get me into orbit. That takes a lot of effort.
The last three Steps keep me there. That takes a change in the way of life, but the change becomes routine, and one neither notices nor begrudges the time spent, any more than one begrudges the time spent breathing.