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On the way to relapse we actually work backwards through the steps.Stop working with othersStop prayer and meditation ( or lose consistency)Stop looking at ourselves and taking inventory.  Not making amends when we're wrongMaybe we never finished step 8Certainly not adding an new harms to a listNot asking got to remove defects of characterNot willing to have them removedNot discussing resentments, fears, sex conduct harms to others with someone elseNot writing inventory on the aboveNot turning our will and live over to god (running the show)Now we're two steps from relapse.So the key as I see it is 1:  Recognize...

Long ago I never knew where AA Medallions came from.  I knew my club had them and I knew clubs bought them from their local Intergroup but failing that I had no idea where they came from.  One meeting our club ran out of the most common months and years of the traditional AA medallions.  Whomever restocked our club had not done so in awhile and it was embarrassing giving new people IOU's for AA chips. I decided to take the bull by the horns and stock the club my self but where to begin?  Google of course :)  I...

What's the meaning behind AA Medallions?  Well first there is actually no such thing as an AA medallion.  AA has never lent its name to be printed on a sobriety medallion or chip.  Many people call the anniversary style coin that marks months or years of sobriety AA medallions as they are traditionally given out in meetings.  However there is no official medallion and chips are not actually a part of the program of Alcoholics Anonymous.  Sobriety coins are more a part of AA Culture as many groups and members give coins to each other to celebrate milestones of sobriety....

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...

I found a video I took of the Bright Star Press Tri-Plate AA Medallions and thought i'd post it up here.  BSP provides AA Chips in Classic Black which is a nice glossy black.  Midnight Blue which is a deep sapphire metallic color and Mandarin Red which is a candy apple red.  The blue and mandarin are metallic translucent colors which change color in various lighting.  All three use gold an nickel plating over bronze and then are covered with a clear epoxy dome.  The result is probably the best looking high end sobriety medallion on the market today.  The...