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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 - February 1959 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - February 1959 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - February 1959

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    This is the February 1959, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles “And Then the Lights Came On”, “Let’s Face It”, “I’m Differe...

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  • AA Grapevine - Step Three - May 1959 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - Step Three - May 1959 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - Step Three - May 1959

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    This is the May 1959, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles “Out of Shadows”, “Step Three-Across the Board”, “Profile of an A...

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  • AA Grapevine - July 1959 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - July 1959 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - July 1959

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    This is the July 1959, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles “Mysterious Ways”, “My Daughter is my Sponsor”, “Is Pride Taboo?...

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  • AA Grapevine - August 1959 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - August 1959 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - August 1959

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    This is the August 1959, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles “The Sense of Sobriety”, “Call It Self-Ineterest”, “Not For Me...

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  • AA Grapevine - Traditions Month - November 1959 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - Traditions Month - November 1959 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - Traditions Month - November 1959

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    This is the November 1959, Traditions Month issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features an article by Bill titled “The Antidote for Fear: Pruden...

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  • AA Grapevine - November 1959 - Traditions Month Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - November 1959 - Traditions Month Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - November 1959 - Traditions Month

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    This is the November 1959, Traditions Month issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features an article by Bill titled “The Antidote for Fear: Pruden...

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  • AA Grapevine - December 1959 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - December 1959 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - December 1959

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    This is the December 1959, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles “The End of Purky’s Tale... Part Two”, “It Has To Be Hot To ...

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  • AA Grapevine from February 1959 Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from February 1959 Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from February 1959

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    This is the February 1959, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles “And Then the Lights Came On”, “Let’s Face It”, “I’m Differe...

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  • AA Grapevine from May 1959 Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from May 1959 Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from May 1959

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    This is the May 1959, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles “Out of Shadows”, “Step Three-Across the Board”, “Profile of an A...

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  • AA Grapevine from October 1959 - International Issue Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from October 1959 - International Issue Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from October 1959 - International Issue

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    This is the October 1959, International issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features an article by Bill titled “AA Communication Can Cross All Ba...

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  • AA Grapevine from November 1959 - Traditions Month Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from November 1959 - Traditions Month Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from November 1959 - Traditions Month

    Original price $65 - Original price $65
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    This is the November 1959, Traditions Month issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features an article by Bill titled “The Antidote for Fear: Pruden...

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    Original price $65 - Original price $65
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  • AA Grapevine from December 1959 Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from December 1959 Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from December 1959

    Original price $65 - Original price $65
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    This is the December 1959, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles “The End of Purky’s Tale... Part Two”, “It Has To Be Hot To ...

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    Original price $65 - Original price $65
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    Current price $65