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May 1982

The Chip System

These different-colored chips can be measures of our return to sanity

MANY AA MEETINGS have what is called the "chip system." Certain lengths of sobriety are rewarded with different-colored poker chips. This short ceremony, performed at the beginning of the meeting, is ad-libbed rather than read, unlike the Preamble and "How It Works."

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