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AA Medallion Necklace Chip Holder For Wendells Sobriety Coins

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AA Medallion Necklace Chip Holder For Wendells Sobriety Coins

If you want to carry your AA Medallion on a necklace we have a great sobriety chip holder for you to check out.  It's a gold tone necklace coin holder that can fit a 34mm x 2mm coin.     What does it fit? This means it fits the Wendells bronze medallions you usually receive in AA Meetings as well as their higher end gold and silver plated and colored chips.   How It Works: The way it works is that the top of the metal hoop unscrews allowing you to separate the top of the hoop.  You insert your...

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Sobriety Gift For Wife Friend Mom Dad Sister Brother Girlfriend In Recovery

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Sobriety Gift For Wife Friend Mom Dad Sister Brother Girlfriend In Recovery

Looking for a unique sobriety gift for someone in recovery?  Something that won't duplicate a medallion they may receive in an AA or NA or other 12 step meeting?  Often these are given to a wife friend son daughter brother sister or girlfriend from a supportive person.   We have several Engraved Medallions and Keychains that let you put that personal touch on the gift you give.  Our Renewal Medallion has blank back and you can have anything you like engraved.  Quite a bit of space is available to put your message on the back of that coin.  The renewal...

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How The Engraved Sobriety Date Coin Is Custom Made For You

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How The Engraved Sobriety Date Coin Is Custom Made For You

One of our most popular Sobriety Medallions is the Wendells "This Day My New Life Began" engraved coin.  On one side is a stunning sun that says This Day My New Life Began.  The other side has a very detailed tree and on the trunk a date of your choosing is engraved.  I visited Wendells Inc and was fortunate enough to see one of these coins engraved and I photographed it during the various stages. The coin starts out with a blank tree and a machine run by a computer engraves the sobriety date you chose.  Then a chemical is...

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The Story Behind The Wendells Raised Center AA Medallion

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The Story Behind The Wendells Raised Center AA Medallion

Have you ever wondered how the custom of handing out Raised Center AA medallions began? The story behind this tradition is a story of innovation and strength of the recovery fellowship. One of the brightest highlights in Wendell’s history is our role in the area of support for the millions of people worldwide who have fought and are still ghting the battle of addiction. In early 1973, Bill Westman, a recovering alcoholic wanted to do something to fortify the will of the groups and individuals he spoke with. Bill designed and had Wendell’s produce a coin bearing the two large...

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RecoveryChip AA Medallions On Amazon and eBay

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RecoveryChip AA Medallions On Amazon and eBay

Not only do we sell AA Medallions here on RecoveryChip.com but we carry our entire inventory on Amazon.com and have most things on eBay as well.  This gives you many options when shopping for sobriety chips online.  Why do we sell on Amazon and eBay when we have this website?  It's actually sort of the reverse.  RecoveryChip.com is where many of our repeat customers find us and come back to easily keep track of what new products we're bringing to the market.  But Amazon and eBay are great marketplaces so we find that everyone wins by making our entire inventory...

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