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A sobriety coin is a token given to Alcoholics Anonymous or other 12 step group members representing the amount of time the member has remained sober.

It is traditionally a medallion the size of a poker chip 33 mm (Standard) or 34 mm in diameter marking the sobriety time achieved, awarded for abstaining from alcohol while with the program.

In other 12 step programs it is to mark time abstaining from whatever the recipient is staying away from.

“Alcoholics Anonymous is a fellowship of both men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism”. To show how far along each person is in their sobriety most A.A. groups use a chip of a particular color or alloy that constitutes a range of time that person has been sober. These different colored chips and values are meant to be tokens of inspiration and a reminder of just how long the member has been sober and how far that member has come. It is evident that “early on, many people in A.A. carried personal mementos to remind themselves of the importance of their sobriety” . From personal mementos to coins, the practice of giving out something such as a sobriety chip represents the will and desire that a person has to quit drinking. “The practice of giving sobriety chips in A.A. is attributed to a group in Elmira, N.Y. in 1947. The celebration of birthdays came from the Oxford group where they celebrated the anniversary of their spiritual rebirth, in Alcoholics Anonymous people choose the anniversary of the date of their first full day without a drink. There are fourteen basic coins that are given to members within their first year of sobriety. Generally coins are given at one month, three months, six months, nine months of sobriety the first year. After this coins are given after each yearly milestone.

A 36-year sobriety coin given to a 59-year-old member at a meeting in Methuen, Massachusetts.

Typical coin milestone colors

1. Silver Chip – 24 hours of sobriety
2. Red Chip – 30 days/1 month of sobriety
3. Gold Chip – 60 days/2 months of sobriety
4. Green Chip – 90 days/3 months of sobriety
5. Purple Chip – 4 months of sobriety
6. Pink Chip – 5 months of sobriety
7. Dark Blue Chip – 6 months of sobriety
8. Copper Chip – 7 months of sobriety
9. Red Chip – 8 months of sobriety
10. Purple Chip – 9 months of sobriety
11. Gold Chip – 10 months of sobriety
12. Green Chip – 11 months of sobriety
13. Bronze Chip – 1 year of sobriety.