Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Today was the first time Brittany attended our noon A.A. meeting. She said she is working on Step 1 with her sponsor, but was uncertain how long that should take.

I spoke up. Baseball is different from most other sports. There is no clock. You play the game until it's over. Each inning goes on for as long as it takes to finish it. Then you start the next one.

A.A. is like baseball, except there are 12 steps instead of nine innings. Each step, just as each inning, takes as long as it takes to finish it. A day, a week,  year.... There is no clock in A.A. When you feel confident you have played out a step, you start the next one.

I thought my metaphor was a home run.