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Plated 90 Day
Lapel Pins - $5.95 |
(Enlarged Several Times To Show Pin Detail) The dot in the middle is you. If you keep God (the letter G) in one hand and AA (the letters AA) in the other hand, you won't have a hand to pick up a drink |
The idea and design of an AA pin was dreamed up by a New Jersey member who
had 100 run off by hand and presented them to friends in the movement and to
all sincere incoming members of his group. That was about 1945. Eventually,
the supply ran out, but the idea of an AA pin intrigued members everywhere,
and the demand for more persisted. So the design was copyrighted, and distribution of the pins was undertaken by the AlAnon Association, 384 Seventh Ave., Newark, NJ, which is comprised exclusively of members of Alcoholics Anonymous in good standing in their respective groups. Next, a custom was started among many groups of presenting a pin to each member as he or she achieved three months of continued sobriety. In a little ceremony, the group chairman made the presentation or the sponsor, at the start of the meeting with the admonition to "Wear It With Honor." This means, simply, that in case of a "slip" the member is honor bound to leave off wearing the pin until he or she has again achieved three months of unbroken sobriety The manufacture and distribution of the pin is entirely in the hands of AA's |
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