A little trinket shaped like a coin given to commemorate sobrietyIn 12-step programs, an individual is sober when they are no longer partaking in the behavior or substance to which they are addicted and living a better life following the program. Both are necessary to achieve sobriety. anniversaries. It usually is imprinted with both the amount of time it marks and the moniker “to thine own self be true.” The token is handed out at the end of meetings held when or right after the milestone has been reached.