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AA Grapevine

This collection includes the AA Grapevine Magazines. These are great gifts to give to Sponsors, Sponsees, and friends in celebration of a sobriety anniversary!

The Grapevine was created by six AA members in the New York area — four women and two men. With the blessings of AA's co-founder Bill W., they published the first issue in June 1944, just nine years after the founding of AA. A copy of that first issue was sent to every AA group — about 300 at the time — and to all known AA members in the armed services overseas. An entire page with the heading, "Mail Call for All AAs in the Armed Forces," was devoted to letters from these members, who began calling the Grapevine their "meeting in print." The title stuck, and today the Grapevine and La Viña carry it on their covers.

At the heart of the early Grapevines, then as now, were first-person stories. There were also news and notes on current happenings at the Central Office, plus reports of the explosion of new groups in North America and around the world. In addition to AA news, there were book reviews and magazine reprints and pieces written by non-AAs, including some well-known literary figures. Discussed were such burning topics of the day as the place of women in AA, returning veterans, and cross-addiction.

By the fourth issue, the magazine began printing this description of itself under the masthead:

A monthly Journal devoted to those seeking further knowledge on the problem of alcoholism, in the hope that it may prove a unifying bond to all alcoholics everywhere. Individual opinions expressed here are not, necessarily, those of AA as a whole.

The AA Grapevine was in fact appealing to "alcoholics everywhere" and in 1945, at the request of the groups, it became the national journal of Alcoholics Anonymous. Four years later, when the Grapevine's readership had expanded to include members in Canada and Europe, the designation was changed to the international journal of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Later issues of the Grapevine reported on important developments in the growth of the Fellowship, worldwide, such as the birth of the General Service Structure, World Service Meetings, and the publication of the Third and Fourth editions of the Big Book. The history of the Grapevine is the history of the growth of Alcoholics Anonymous. In 1986, the General Service Conference reaffirmed the magazine's place in AA with an advisory action that recognized it as the international journal of Alcoholics Anonymous.

Enjoy Shopping in this collection of AA Grapevine Magazine's.

  • AA Grapevine - Lasker Award - December 1951 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - Lasker Award - December 1951 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - Lasker Award - December 1951

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    This is the December 1951, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features an article describing the event on October 30th, 1951 in San Francisco in...

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  • AA Grapevine August 1972 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine August 1972 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine August 1972

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    This is the August 1972 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue includes headline articles; “Growing Pains”, “Comfortable With God”, and “What Do You...

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  • AA Grapevine July 2015 - AA Celebrates 80 Wonderful Years Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine July 2015 - AA Celebrates 80 Wonderful Years Recovery Collectibles
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    AA Grapevine July 2015 - AA Celebrates 80 Wonderful Years

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    This is the July 2015 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue is in celebration of the 80th Anniversary of Alcoholics Anonymous. This Grapevine is in...

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  • AA Grapevine September 2006 - Interview with Long-timer Chauncey C. Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine September 2006 - Interview with Long-timer Chauncey C. Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine September 2006 - Interview with Long-timer Chauncey C.

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    This is the September 2006 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue includes an interview with Chauncey C., who achieved sobriety in 1941. This Grapev...

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  • AA Grapevine February 1968 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine February 1968 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine February 1968

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    This is the February 1968 issue of the AA Grapevine. This Grapevine is in very good condition with only some minor wear to the cover. There is a po...

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  • AA Grapevine October 1968 - A Special Issue: Doctors, Alcohol, and AA Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine October 1968 - A Special Issue: Doctors, Alcohol, and AA Recovery Collectibles
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    AA Grapevine October 1968 - A Special Issue: Doctors, Alcohol, and AA

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    This is the October 1968 issue of the AA Grapevine. This is A Special Issue: Doctors, Alcohol, and AA.(some pages missing) This Grapevine is in goo...

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  • AA Grapevine May 1969 - Cracking the ‘Secret’ of Big City AA Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine May 1969 - Cracking the ‘Secret’ of Big City AA Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine May 1969 - Cracking the ‘Secret’ of Big City AA

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    This is the May 1969 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue has the headline article “Cracking the ‘Secret’ of Big City AA” This Grapevine is in goo...

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  • AA Grapevine May 1969 - Cracking the ‘Secret’ of Big City AA Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine May 1969 - Cracking the ‘Secret’ of Big City AA Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine May 1969 - Cracking the ‘Secret’ of Big City AA

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    This is the May 1969 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue has the headline article “Cracking the ‘Secret’ of Big City AA” This Grapevine is in ver...

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  • AA Grapevine December 1971 - Merry Christmas to All Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine December 1971 - Merry Christmas to All Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine December 1971 - Merry Christmas to All

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    This is the December 1971 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue has the headline “Merry Christmas to All” and includes several articles about the H...

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  • AA Grapevine June 1976 - Grandiosity Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine June 1976 - Grandiosity Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine June 1976 - Grandiosity

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    This is the June 1976 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue has the headline article; “Grandiosity - Greed, Surrender, Growth”. This Grapevine is i...

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  • AA Grapevine April 1972 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine April 1972 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine April 1972

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    This is the April 1972 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue includes the headline articles; “The Search for Spiritual Awareness”. This is a popula...

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  • AA Grapevine April 1972 - Spiritual Awareness Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine April 1972 - Spiritual Awareness Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine April 1972 - Spiritual Awareness

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    This is the April 1972 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue includes the headline articles; “The Search for Spiritual Awareness”. This is a popula...

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  • AA Grapevine April 1972 - The Search for Spiritual Awareness Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine April 1972 - The Search for Spiritual Awareness Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine April 1972 - The Search for Spiritual Awareness

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    This is the April 1972 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue includes the headline articles; “The Search for Spiritual Awareness”. This is a popula...

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  • AA Grapevine May 1972 - How AA Works Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine May 1972 - How AA Works Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine May 1972 - How AA Works

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    This is the May 1972 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue includes the headline articles; “How AA Works”, “Small-Town and the Big-City AA”, and An...

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  • AA Grapevine July 1972 - The Faith to Believe In What Is Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine July 1972 - The Faith to Believe In What Is Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine July 1972 - The Faith to Believe In What Is

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    This is the July 1972 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue includes the headline articles; “The Faith to Believe In What Is” and “I Had to Sponsor...

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  • AA Grapevine July 1972 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine July 1972 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine July 1972

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    This is the July 1972 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue includes the headline articles; “The Faith to Believe In What Is” and “I Had to Sponsor...

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  • AA Grapevine September 1972 - AA at Attica Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine September 1972 - AA at Attica Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine September 1972 - AA at Attica

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    This is the September 1972 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue includes the headline articles; “Learning to Love”, “AA at Attica”, and “The Easie...

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  • AA Grapevine October 1972 - AA, Drug Addiction, and Pills - 3rd Step Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine October 1972 - AA, Drug Addiction, and Pills - 3rd Step Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine October 1972 - AA, Drug Addiction, and Pills - 3rd Step

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    This is the October 1972 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue includes the headline article; “AA, Drug Addiction, and Pills”. This article was wri...

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  • AA Grapevine May 1973 - Look Beyond Yourself Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine May 1973 - Look Beyond Yourself Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine May 1973 - Look Beyond Yourself

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    This is the May 1973 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue includes the headline articles; “Look Beyond Yourself”, “Whaddya Mean, Unmanageable”, an...

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  • AA Grapevine August 1973 - Truth Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine August 1973 - Truth Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine August 1973 - Truth

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    This is the August 1973 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue includes the headline articles; “Truth”, “The Good Within the Enemy”, and “The Love P...

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  • AA Grapevine September 1973 - Slips Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine September 1973 - Slips Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine September 1973 - Slips

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    This is the September 1973 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue includes the headline article; “A nine-page section of personal experience with SL...

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  • AA Grapevine February 1974 - Prison AA Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine February 1974 - Prison AA Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine February 1974 - Prison AA

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    This is the February 1974 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue includes the headline articles; “Apathetics Anonymous”, “Courage to Change”, and “H...

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  • AA Grapevine May 1974 - Gossip Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine May 1974 - Gossip Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine May 1974 - Gossip

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    This is the May 1974 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue includes the headline articles; “Gossip”, “Let me Take Your Inventory”, and “Guilt is a ...

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  • AA Grapevine May 1974 - Let Me Take Your Inventory Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine May 1974 - Let Me Take Your Inventory Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine May 1974 - Let Me Take Your Inventory

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    This is the May 1974 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue includes the headline articles; “Gossip”, “Let me Take Your Inventory”, and “Guilt is a ...

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