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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 from November 1953 - God and AA Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from November 1953 - God and AA Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from November 1953 - God and AA

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    This is the November 1953, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles ”God and AA”, “Alcoholics are People!”, “Homeless but Happy”...

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  • AA Grapevine from January 1954 Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from January 1954 Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from January 1954

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    This is the January 1954, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles ”1953 and the Alcoholic”, “AA Roulette”, and much more! This ...

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  • AA Grapevine from February 1954 - A Fragment of History by Bill Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from February 1954 - A Fragment of History by Bill Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from 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 from April 1954 Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from April 1954 Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from April 1954

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    This is the April 1954, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles ”Education for Privacy”, “High Bottom Alcoholics”, “Minutes if ...

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  • AA Grapevine from August 1954 - Hospitals and Prisons Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from August 1954 - Hospitals and Prisons Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from August 1954 - Hospitals and Prisons

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    This is the August 1954, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles ”The Twelve Steps and the Older Member”, “Case History of a Dr...

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  • AA Grapevine from October 1954 Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from October 1954 Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from 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 from December 1954 Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from December 1954 Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from December 1954

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    This is the December 1954, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles “A Christmas Message from Lois and Bill”, “Home For Christma...

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  • AA Grapevine from February 1955 Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from February 1955 Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from February 1955

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    This is the February 1955, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles ”’54 Roundup”, “Sponsorship”, “Education of a Drink”, and mu...

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  • AA Grapevine from April 1955 Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from April 1955 Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from April 1955

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    This is the April 1955, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles ”Please Send Miracle At Once”, “The Significance of St. Louis b...

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  • AA Grapevine from June 1955 - International Convention Program Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from June 1955 - International Convention Program Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from June 1955 - International Convention Program

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    This is the June 1955, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue includes the program for the 1955 AA International Convention in St. Louis. This issue...

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  • AA Grapevine from August 1955 - Convention Highlights Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from August 1955 - Convention Highlights Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from August 1955 - Convention Highlights

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    This is the August 1955, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features several articles that tell different stories about the 1955 AA Internationa...

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  • AA Grapevine from February 1956 Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from February 1956 Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from 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 from March 1956 Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from March 1956 Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from 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 from March 1957 Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from March 1957 Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from 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 from September 1957 Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from September 1957 Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from September 1957

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    This is the September 1957, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the third in a series of Articles by Bill titled “Let’s Be Friendly With...

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  • AA Grapevine from October 1957 - AA Comes of Age Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from October 1957 - AA Comes of Age Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from October 1957 - AA Comes of Age

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    This is the October 1957, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the fourth in a series of Articles by Bill titled “Let’s Be Friendly With ...

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  • AA Grapevine from November 1957 - Traditions Month Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from November 1957 - Traditions Month Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from November 1957 - Traditions Month

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    This is the November 1957, Traditions Month issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the article by Bill titled “Respecting Money”. There is ...

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  • AA Grapevine from March 1958 - Let’s Be Friendly With Our Friends by Bill Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from March 1958 - Let’s Be Friendly With Our Friends by Bill Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from March 1958 - Let’s Be Friendly With Our Friends by Bill

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    This is the March 1958, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the article by Bill titled “Let’s Be Friendly With Our Friends: Friends in t...

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  • AA Grapevine from May 1958 Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from May 1958 Mark McConnell
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    AA Grapevine from May 1958

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    This is the May 1958, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles ”Give my Regards to New York”, “New York Revisited”, “The Search ...

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  • AA Grapevine from June 1958 - Take Step Eleven by Bill Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from June 1958 - Take Step Eleven by Bill Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from June 1958 - Take Step Eleven by Bill

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    This is the June 1958, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the article by Bill titled “Take Step Eleven”. Other articles included are ”T...

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  • AA Grapevine from July 1958 Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from July 1958 Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from July 1958

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    This is the July 1958, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles ”The Lonely Emergencies”, “Faith, Hope and Charity”, “Do People ...

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  • AA Grapevine from October 1958 - International Issue Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from October 1958 - International Issue Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from October 1958 - International Issue

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    This is the October 1958, International issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue has an editorial article by Bill W. titled “Let Us Read - and Thank G...

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  • AA Grapevine from November 1958 - Traditions Month Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from November 1958 - Traditions Month Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from November 1958 - Traditions Month

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    This is the November 1958, Traditions Month issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue has an editorial piece by Bill W. This issue features the article...

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  • AA Grapevine from December 1958 - Christmas Editorial by Bill Mark McConnell
    AA Grapevine from December 1958 - Christmas Editorial by Bill Mark McConnell

    AA Grapevine from December 1958 - Christmas Editorial by Bill

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    This is the December 1958, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue has a Christmas Editorial piece by Bill W. This issue features the articles “Chris...

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