← Older Post Newer Post → Recent ArticlesĬelebrating 90 Years of Sobriety: Your Guide to the 2025 International A.A. Share Share on Facebook Tweet Tweet on Twitter Pin it Pin on Pinterest Often these are higher end gold plated or colored or even crystal coated AA medallions. You'll find AA chips given as well by friends, family and AA members to members and sponsors to sponsees. Then annually a person gets a chip to recognize additional years of sobriety. Commonly groups recognize Month 1 3 6 9 then give a 1 year coin and a 18 month coin. Most often you'll see them in 24 Hours or Month 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 and 18. But there are common themes to these sobriety coins. A full set of Poker Chips (12) includes one of each of the following: (PC01) White, (PC02) Red, (PC03) Yellow, (PC04) Green, (PC05) Blue, (PC06) Purple, (PC07) Lt Blue, (PC08) Pink, (PC09), Black, (PC10) Burgundy, (PC11) Orange and (PC12) Gray. As I mentioned its not a direct part of the AA program its a tradition or cultural item so there is no real standard. Some give plastic poker chip type chips, some give colorful aluminum medallions and some stick with traditional bronze medallions.
Being more of a cultural norm you'll find the use of AA Chips will vary from meeting to meeting. Other recovery programs like NA or CA also give sobriety chips to their members. You may have heard the term AA Chips or AA Medallions and wonder what the heck a person is referring to? While not a direct part of the AA Program AA Chips or Medallions are coins given as a gift to commemorate or recognize various lengths of sobriety.
