A desire chip signifies the recipient’s desire to stay sober for the next 24 hours. The first chip which is usually given out to a newcomer is called a ‘desire’ chip.
Small medallions commemorating various lengths of sobriety i.e., 1, 2, 3, 6 and 9 months years and multiples of years. Many members, especially newcomers, carry a chip with them as a constant reminder of their commitment to stay sober or clean or free. The custom followed by some AA groups of handing out small medallions called ‘chips’ (some use keytags) to mark various anniversaries of AA, CA, NA member’s sobriety dates. Your sobriety date is the date on which you had your last drink or used drugs or placed a bet, or acted out in a compulsive-obsessive manner OR the date you sobered up or cleaned up from your last debauch.
