Gold Chip Sobriety?

A member questions the role chips and coins play in the program

Sobriety coins and chips are not AA. Giving a chip or coin is becoming too big a tradition in AA meetings here in the Northeast and perhaps the rest of the country. I believe it is doing more harm than good. AA is a "one day at a time" program and always has been. I would venture to say that if you polled AA members and asked the question, "Are sobriety chips and coins part of the AA program?" most would say, "yes."

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