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.
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AA Grapevine from November 1964 - Signed by Mel B.
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AA Grapevine from April 1964 - Emotionally Immature
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AA Grapevine from June 1964 - 20th Anniversary Issue
Original price $85 - Original price $85Original price$85$85 - $85Current price $85This is the June 1964, 20th Anniversary Issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles “The Next Frontier: Emotional Sobriety” by Bill...
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AA Grapevine from December 1964 - Christmas Card from Bill
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AA Grapevine from October 1964 - Severe Depression
Original price $55 - Original price $55Original price$55$55 - $55Current price $55This is the October 1964 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles “Severe Depression”, “Am I a Bleeding Deacon?”, “The Reluctant...
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AA Grapevine from October 1964 - Severe Depression
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AA Grapevine from September 1964 - Faith Regained
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AA Grapevine from August 1964 - Take Step Eleven by Bill
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AA Grapevine from August 1964 - Take Step Eleven by Bill
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AA Grapevine from July 1964 - Put Yourself in a New Frame of Mind
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AA Grapevine from May 1964 - A Message From Bill
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AA Grapevine from March 1964 - Anything Wrong With AA
Original price $65 - Original price $65Original price$65$65 - $65Current price $65This is the March 1964 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the headline articles “Anything Wrong With AA?”, “What We Need”, “Sermon in a...
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AA Grapevine from February 1964 - Abraham Lincoln on Alcoholism
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AA Grapevine - Let Go and Let God - November 1964
Original price $65 - Original price $65Original price$65$65 - $65Current price $65This is the November 1964, Gratitude Month issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the headline articles “Let Go and Let God”, “Recipe For a...
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AA Grapevine - July 1964 - Put Yourself in a New Frame of Mind
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AA Grapevine - Faith Regained - September 1964
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AA Grapevine - Take Step Eleven by Bill - August 1964
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AA Grapevine - Anything Wrong With AA - March 1964
Original price $65 - Original price $65Original price$65$65 - $65Current price $65This is the March 1964 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the headline articles “Anything Wrong With AA?”, “What We Need”, “Sermon in a...
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