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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 April 1978 - Search for Spiritual Experience Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine April 1978 - Search for Spiritual Experience Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine April 1978 - Search for Spiritual Experience

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    This is the April 1978 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue has a section dedicated to the “Search for Spiritual Experience”. This Grapevine is in...

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  • AA Grapevine April 1978 - Spiritual Experience Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine April 1978 - Spiritual Experience Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine April 1978 - Spiritual Experience

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    This is the April 1978 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue has a section dedicated to the “Search for Spiritual Experience”. This Grapevine is in...

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  • AA Grapevine April 1978 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine April 1978 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine April 1978

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    This is the April 1978 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue has a section dedicated to the “Search for Spiritual Experience”. This Grapevine is in...

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  • AA Grapevine June 1978 - Will We Squander Our Inheritance? Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine June 1978 - Will We Squander Our Inheritance? Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine June 1978 - Will We Squander Our Inheritance?

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    This is the June 1978 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue has a section dedicated to the “Will We Squander Our Inheritance”. This Grapevine is in...

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  • AA Grapevine July 1978 - AA and Prison Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine July 1978 - AA and Prison Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine July 1978 - AA and Prison

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    This is the July 1978 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue has a section dedicated to the “AA and Prison” as well as a headline article “The Power...

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  • AA Grapevine August 1978 - The Road Back Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine August 1978 - The Road Back Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine August 1978 - The Road Back

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    This is the August 1978 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the headline articles “The Road Back” and “On Living Drug-Free”.  This Grape...

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  • AA Grapevine August 1978 - Living Drug Free Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine August 1978 - Living Drug Free Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine August 1978 - Living Drug Free

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    This is the August 1978 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the headline articles “The Road Back” and “On Living Drug-Free”.  This Grape...

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  • AA Grapevine October 1978 - Half-Truths Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine October 1978 - Half-Truths Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine October 1978 - Half-Truths

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    This is the October 1978 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the headline articles “Half-Truths” and “Being Restored to Sanity”. This Gr...

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  • AA Grapevine October 1978 - Being Restored to Sanity Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine October 1978 - Being Restored to Sanity Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine October 1978 - Being Restored to Sanity

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    This is the October 1978 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the headline articles “Half-Truths” and “Being Restored to Sanity”. This Gr...

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  • AA Grapevine November 1978 - Classic Grapevine Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine November 1978 - Classic Grapevine Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine November 1978 - Classic Grapevine

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    This is the November 1978 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue is a “Classic Grapevine” that features The Bill W. - Carl Jung correspondence, Will...

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  • AA Grapevine December 1978 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine December 1978 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine December 1978

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    This is the December 1978 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the headline articles “Losing the Desire to Drink”, “Rarely- or Never?”, a...

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  • AA Grapevine February 1979 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine February 1979 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine February 1979

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    This is the February 1979 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the headline articles “The Day of the First Meeting”, “The Enemy Within”, ...

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  • AA Grapevine March 1979 - A Disease of Opposites Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine March 1979 - A Disease of Opposites Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine March 1979 - A Disease of Opposites

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    This is the March 1979 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the headline article; “A Disease of Opposites” and much more! This Grapevine ...

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  • AA Grapevine March 1979 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine March 1979 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine March 1979

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    This is the March 1979 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the headline article; “A Disease of Opposites” and much more! This Grapevine ...

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  • AA Grapevine May 1979 - The Poor Me’s Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine May 1979 - The Poor Me’s Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine May 1979 - The Poor Me’s

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    This is the May 1979 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the headline article; “The Poor Me’s” and much more! This Grapevine is in very ...

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  • AA Grapevine July 1979 - AA and Prison Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine July 1979 - AA and Prison Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine July 1979 - AA and Prison

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    This is the July 1979 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the headline article and section on; “AA and Prison” and much more! This Grape...

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  • AA Grapevine September 1979 - Twenty Four Hours Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine September 1979 - Twenty Four Hours Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine September 1979 - Twenty Four Hours

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    This is the September 1979 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the headline article; “Today’s Twenty-Four Hours Can Start Right Now” and...

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  • AA Grapevine November 1979 - Classic Grapevine Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine November 1979 - Classic Grapevine Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine November 1979 - Classic Grapevine

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    This is the November 1979 issue of the AA Grapevine. This is “Classic Grapevine issue that features writings by Bill W., Dr. Bob, and others select...

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

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

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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 - 25th Anniversary - June 1969 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - 25th Anniversary - June 1969 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - 25th Anniversary - June 1969

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    This is the June 1969, Twenty-Fifth Anniversary  issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue has headline articles written by or about Bill W, Sister Ign...

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  • AA Grapevine - Young People and AA - July 1969 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - Young People and AA - July 1969 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - Young People and AA - July 1969

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    This is the July 1969 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue has the headline articles “Those Stupid Slogans!”, “Young People and AA”, and much more...

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  • AA Grapevine - August 1969 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - August 1969 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - August 1969

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    This is the August 1969 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue has the headline articles “Explaining the Unexplainable”, “The Truth in the Myth”, an...

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  • AA Grapevine - September 1969 - A Nun’s Story Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - September 1969 - A Nun’s Story Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - September 1969 - A Nun’s Story

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    This is the September 1969 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue has the headline articles “The Hans of AA Was There”, “A Nun’s Story”, and much mo...

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  • Emotional Sobriety, The Next Frontier: Selected Stories from the AA Grapevine - 2nd Printing, 2007 Recovery Collectibles
    Emotional Sobriety, The Next Frontier: Selected Stories from the AA Grapevine - 2nd Printing, 2007 Recovery Collectibles

    Emotional Sobriety, The Next Frontier: Selected Stories from the AA Grapevine - 2nd Printing, 2007

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    Emotional Sobriety, The Next Frontier Selected Stories from the AA Grapevine Second Printing from 2007 Powerful and uplifting, the book Emotional S...

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