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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 - Trustees Program - January 1966 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - Trustees Program - January 1966 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - Trustees Program - January 1966

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    AA Grapevine issue from January 1966 features a section about the proposed expansion of the number of AA General Service Trustees to 21 that was wr...

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  • AA Grapevine - Out Of Insanity - February 1966 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - Out Of Insanity - February 1966 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - Out Of Insanity - February 1966

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    AA Grapevine issue from February 1966 features the headline articles “Out of Insanity - Up to Love”, “What Does Powerless Mean?”, “The Return of Ki...

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  • AA Grapevine - Bill W on Why We Are Anonymous - May 1966 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - Bill W on Why We Are Anonymous - May 1966 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - Bill W on Why We Are Anonymous - May 1966

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    AA Grapevine issue from May 1966 features the headline articles “Seven Choices of Mature Living”, “Bill W. On Why We are Anonymous”, “I Was a Perpe...

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  • AA Grapevine - AA in Hungary - September 1966 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - AA in Hungary - September 1966 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - AA in Hungary - September 1966

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    AA Grapevine issue from September 1966 features the headline articles “More Life All The Time”, “AA in Hungary”, “Around AA”, and much more! This G...

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  • AA Grapevine - The Old 24th Street Clubhouse - October 1966 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - The Old 24th Street Clubhouse - October 1966 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - The Old 24th Street Clubhouse - October 1966

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    AA Grapevine issue from October 1966 features the headline articles “The Old 24th Street Clubhouse”, “What About Younger People in AA?”, “Ask An AA...

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  • AA Grapevine from January 1966 - Trustees Program Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from January 1966 - Trustees Program Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from January 1966 - Trustees Program

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  • AA Grapevine from February 1966 - Out Of Insanity Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from February 1966 - Out Of Insanity Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from February 1966 - Out Of Insanity

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    AA Grapevine issue from February 1966 features the headline articles “Out of Insanity - Up to Love”, “What Does Powerless Mean?”, “The Return of Ki...

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  • AA Grapevine from March 1966 - Mental Depression Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from March 1966 - Mental Depression Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from March 1966 - Mental Depression

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    AA Grapevine issue from March 1966 features the headline articles “Mental Depression - Unnecessary Evil”, “Some Advice I Don’t Take”, “Self-Indulge...

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  • AA Grapevine from April 1966 - Humility Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from April 1966 - Humility Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from April 1966 - Humility

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    AA Grapevine issue from April 1966 features the headline articles “A Sunrise Service in Athens”, “What is Humility?”, “Murder in a Blackout”, and m...

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  • AA Grapevine from May 1966 - Bill W on Why We Are Anonymous Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from May 1966 - Bill W on Why We Are Anonymous Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from May 1966 - Bill W on Why We Are Anonymous

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    AA Grapevine issue from May 1966 features the headline articles “Seven Choices of Mature Living”, “Bill W. On Why We are Anonymous”, “I Was a Perpe...

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  • AA Grapevine from June 1966 - In Remembrance of Ebby by Bill Mark McConnell
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    AA Grapevine from June 1966 - In Remembrance of Ebby by Bill

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    AA Grapevine issue from June 1966 features a piece written by Bill W. titled “In Remembrance of Ebby”, after Ebby passed away in March 1966. Also i...

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  • AA Grapevine from September 1966 - AA in Hungary Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from September 1966 - AA in Hungary Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from September 1966 - AA in Hungary

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    AA Grapevine issue from September 1966 features the headline articles “More Life All The Time”, “AA in Hungary”, “Around AA”, and much more! This G...

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  • AA Grapevine - October 1966 - The Old 24th Street Clubhouse Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine - October 1966 - The Old 24th Street Clubhouse Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine - October 1966 - The Old 24th Street Clubhouse

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  • AA Grapevine from October 1966 - The Old 24th Street Clubhouse Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from October 1966 - The Old 24th Street Clubhouse Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from October 1966 - The Old 24th Street Clubhouse

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  • AA Grapevine from November 1966 - Do AAs Need Psychiatry Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from November 1966 - Do AAs Need Psychiatry Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from November 1966 - Do AAs Need Psychiatry

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    AA Grapevine issue from November 1966 features the headline articles “Do AAs Need Psychiatry?”, “WHY Will Get You Nowhere”, “I’ve Stuck it for Nine...

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  • AA Grapevine from December 1966 - A Christmas Message From Bill Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from December 1966 - A Christmas Message From Bill Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from December 1966 - A Christmas Message From Bill

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    AA Grapevine issue from December 1966 features a “Christmas Message from Bill”. Also included are the headline articles “In Praise of Christmas”, “...

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  • AA Grapevine - January 1966 - Trustees Program Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - January 1966 - Trustees Program Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - January 1966 - Trustees Program

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