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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 September 1955 - The Pink Cloud and Afternoon by Harry Tiebout Alabama
    AA Grapevine September 1955 - The Pink Cloud and Afternoon by Harry Tiebout Alabama
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    AA Grapevine September 1955 - The Pink Cloud and Afternoon by Harry Tiebout

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    This is the September 1955, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles ”The Pink Cloud and After” by Dr. Harry Tiebout, “You Don’t...

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  • AA Grapevine October 1955 - The Spiritual Angle of AA by Sam Shoemaker Alabama
    AA Grapevine October 1955 - The Spiritual Angle of AA by Sam Shoemaker Alabama

    AA Grapevine October 1955 - The Spiritual Angle of AA by Sam Shoemaker

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    This is the October 1955, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles ”The Spiritual Angle of AA” by Sam Shoemaker, “Writer’s Cramp...

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  • AA Grapevine January 1956 Alabama
    AA Grapevine January 1956 Alabama

    AA Grapevine January 1956

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    This is the January 1956, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles ”New Year’s and the Perennial Beginner”, “Crisis in Belgium”,...

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  • AA Grapevine February 1956 Alabama
    AA Grapevine February 1956 Alabama

    AA Grapevine February 1956

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    This is the February 1956, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles ”Helping Hands”, “AA on Toast”, “We Too Are Alcoholics”, and...

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  • AA Grapevine March 1956 Alabama
    AA Grapevine March 1956 Alabama

    AA Grapevine March 1956

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    This is the March 1956, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles ”Killed Any Dragons Lately?”, “Friends Everywhere”, “Drinking i...

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  • AA Grapevine May 1956 Alabama
    AA Grapevine May 1956 Alabama

    AA Grapevine May 1956

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    This is the May 1956, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles ”Is Sobriety Progressive?”, “Twelve Questions”, “The Birthday Pla...

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  • AA Grapevine October 1956 - Tranquilizers Alabama
    AA Grapevine October 1956 - Tranquilizers Alabama

    AA Grapevine October 1956 - Tranquilizers

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    This is the October 1956, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles ”Stop-Look-Listen”, “Tranquilizers”, “The Worst Disappointmen...

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  • AA Grapevine January 1957 - Sober Resolutions Alabama
    AA Grapevine January 1957 - Sober Resolutions Alabama

    AA Grapevine January 1957 - Sober Resolutions

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    This is the January 1957, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles ”Sober Resolutions Are Different”, “Today!”, “I’m Not Sorry M...

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  • AA Grapevine January 1957 - Happy New Year Alabama
    AA Grapevine January 1957 - Happy New Year Alabama

    AA Grapevine January 1957 - Happy New Year

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    This is the January 1957, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles ”Sober Resolutions Are Different”, “Today!”, “I’m Not Sorry M...

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  • AA Grapevine January 1957 Alabama
    AA Grapevine January 1957 Alabama

    AA Grapevine January 1957

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    This is the January 1957, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles ”Sober Resolutions Are Different”, “Today!”, “I’m Not Sorry M...

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  • AA Grapevine - March 1957 Alabama
    AA Grapevine - March 1957 Alabama

    AA Grapevine - March 1957

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    This is the March 1957, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles ”Inventory Is Today”, “Letter to Dr. B.”, “No More Jails”, and ...

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  • AA Grapevine - June 1957 Alabama
    AA Grapevine - June 1957 Alabama

    AA Grapevine - June 1957

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    This is the June 1957, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles ”What Do They Mean - Personality Change?”, “I Found Freedom in P...

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  • AA Grapevine June 1957 Alabama
    AA Grapevine June 1957 Alabama

    AA Grapevine June 1957

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    This is the June 1957, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles ”What Do They Mean - Personality Change?”, “I Found Freedom in P...

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  • AA Grapevine - A Milestone Issue - July 1957 Alabama
    AA Grapevine - A Milestone Issue - July 1957 Alabama
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    AA Grapevine - A Milestone Issue - July 1957

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    This is the July 1957, A Milestone issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the first in a series of Articles by Bill titled “Let’s Be Friend...

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  • AA Grapevine October 1954 Alabama
    AA Grapevine October 1954 Alabama

    AA Grapevine October 1954

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    This is the October 1954, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles ”The First Chance”, “Magna Charta for Alcoholics”, “Doing ver...

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  • AA Grapevine - February 1954 - A Fragment of History by Bill Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - February 1954 - A Fragment of History by Bill Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - February 1954 - A Fragment of History by Bill

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    This is the February 1954, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles ”Another Fragment of History by Bill”, The Treatment of Alco...

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  • AA Grapevine August 1951 - Old-Timer Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine August 1951 - Old-Timer Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine August 1951 - Old-Timer

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    This is the August 1951, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles “Old-Timer? You Can’t Miss!”, “Is There a God?”, “Pandora’s Bo...

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  • AA Grapevine October 1953 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine October 1953 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine October 1953

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    This is the October 1953, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles ”Alice in the Wonderland of AA”, “A Look at Ourselves”, “Too ...

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  • AA Grapevine - October 1954 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - October 1954 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - October 1954

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    This is the October 1954, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles ”The First Chance”, “Magna Charta for Alcoholics”, “Doing ver...

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  • AA Grapevine - August 1962 - Temptation Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - August 1962 - Temptation Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - August 1962 - Temptation

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    AA Grapevine issue from August 1962. This issue includes the headline articles “Temptation: The Prodigious Ambush”,  “The 12 Steps Revisited - Step...

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  • AA Grapevine - November 1961 - Again at the Crossroads by Bill Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - November 1961 - Again at the Crossroads by Bill Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - November 1961 - Again at the Crossroads by Bill

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    AA Grapevine issue from November 1961. This issue features the headline articles; “Again at the Crossroads” by Bill. Also included are headline art...

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  • October 1954 AA Grapevine Recovery Collectibles
    October 1954 AA Grapevine Recovery Collectibles

    October 1954 AA Grapevine

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    This is the October 1954, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles ”The First Chance”, “Magna Charta for Alcoholics”, “Doing ver...

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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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  • Thank You For Sharing: Sixty Years of Letters to the AA Grapevine - 2003 Recovery Collectibles
    Thank You For Sharing: Sixty Years of Letters to the AA Grapevine - 2003 Recovery Collectibles
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    Thank You For Sharing: Sixty Years of Letters to the AA Grapevine - 2003

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    Thank You for Sharing Sixty Years of Letters to the AA Grapevine In this lively anthology of letters, spanning seven decades of Grapevine publicati...

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