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Wendell's Inc has produced a really nice Bronze / Brass medallion to celebrate the AA International Convention 2020 held in Detroit Michigan.  The convention is July 2 - July 5, 2020 The coin celebrates 85 Years of Alcoholics Anonymous Conventions.  This year the theme is Love and Tolerance of Others Is Our Code. The coin is 1 5/16" or 34x2mm in size and features raised 3D Graphics and text.  The front has a Detroit Skyline and the back says Love and Tolerance of others is our code. The Price is just $1.75 with bulk pricing available for larger quantities.  For...

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.  Other recovery programs like NA or CA also give sobriety chips to their members.  Being more of a cultural norm you'll find the use of AA Chips will vary from meeting to meeting.  Some give plastic poker chip type chips, some give colorful aluminum medallions and some stick with traditional bronze medallions.  ...

When you hear someone speak of a 1 Year Chip they are probably talking about a Sobriety Medallion in a recovery program like AA or NA.  A 1 year Chip celebrates a full year of sobriety.  Some programs make sobriety coins a direct part of their program producing their own (Narcotics Anonymous).  Other programs like AA (Alcoholics Anonymous) do not actually make chips or put their name or logo on a chip.  In programs like AA chips are handed out to mark various points in sobriety but are more of a cultural norm than a direct part of the program. ...

One of the problems our customers often have with AA Medallion Holders is choosing one that fits their medallion.  Sobriety chips come in various sizes, there is no standard.  Wendell's makes the traditional bronze medallion you receive in meetings and its 34mm x 2mm or 1 5/16" Bright Star Press Tri-Plate medallions are a whopping 34mm x 5mm and Recoverychip coins are 33mm x 3mm as you can see its easy to get the right chip and wrong holder.  We do make gold plated keychain holders for all these medallions but what about one holder that works with them all?...

To many in recovery programs like AA the 1 Year sobriety medallion is a crucial milestone.  Some AA meetings hand out nice bronze chips for months 1 3 6 9 and some do plastic poker chips.  This makes the 1 year chip the first non-plastic that some members of Alcoholics Anonymous receive.  The options available today for medallions celebrating one year are many and this post explores a few options available.  Common manufacturers are Wendells , Bright Star Press and Recoverychip.com - Nearly all of these have the Serenity Prayer on the back. The most common 1 year AA medallion...