I took 90 in 90 to be a metaphor for total immersion in AA. By the time 90 days were up, I had attended 80 something meetings, and was well into step nine, beginning to learn to live in steps 10,11 and 12, andmy life had changed forever. There was a sudden realisation that I had gone all that time without seriously contemplating taking a drink.
I suppose I might have been a bit gullible, but I really believed that if I wanted to successfully bake a cake, I would have to stick to the recipe. This cake had 12 ingredients. I put them all in and have my cake. Could I have the same cake using only eight ingredients, would it even resemble a cake?