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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 - Those Drunk Dreams - May 1963 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - Those Drunk Dreams - May 1963 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - Those Drunk Dreams - May 1963

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    This is the May 1963 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the headline articles “Those Drunk Dreams”, “Field Guide To the Birds”, “Sponso...

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  • AA Grapevine - AA Attitudes - August 1963 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - AA Attitudes - August 1963 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - AA Attitudes - August 1963

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    This is the August 1963 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the headline articles “That Terrible Word Must”, “AA Attitudes”, “Nervous?”,...

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  • AA Grapevine - Fear - September 1963 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - Fear - September 1963 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - Fear - September 1963

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    This is the September 1963 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the headline articles “Fear”, “How Many Meetings?”, “AA Spoken Here”, and...

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  • AA Grapevine - Abraham Lincoln on Alcoholism - February 1964 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - Abraham Lincoln on Alcoholism - February 1964 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - Abraham Lincoln on Alcoholism - February 1964

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    This is the February 1964 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the headline articles “Abraham Lincoln on Alcoholism”, “Thoughts are Thing...

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  • AA Grapevine - Anything Wrong With AA - March 1964 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - Anything Wrong With AA - March 1964 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - Anything Wrong With AA - March 1964

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    This 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 - Put Yourself in a New Frame of Mind - July 1964 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - Put Yourself in a New Frame of Mind - July 1964 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - Put Yourself in a New Frame of Mind - July 1964

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    This is the July 1964 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the headline articles “Put Yourself in a New Frame of Mind”, “Women Alcoholics...

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  • AA Grapevine - Take Step Eleven by Bill - August 1964 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - Take Step Eleven by Bill - August 1964 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - Take Step Eleven by Bill - August 1964

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    This is the August 1964 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the headline articles “Take Step Eleven” by Bill, “What Do We Do About The W...

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  • AA Grapevine - Faith Regained - September 1964 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - Faith Regained - September 1964 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - Faith Regained - September 1964

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    This is the September 1964 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the headline articles “Faith Regained”, “Do I Rationalize?”, “The Girl Wh...

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  • 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 - AA Talks - March 1967 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - AA Talks - March 1967 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - AA Talks - March 1967

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    AA Grapevine issue from March 1967 features a special 12-page section on “AA Talks - How Do You Make Them?” Also included are the headline articles...

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  • AA Grapevine - Sponsorship - May 1967 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - Sponsorship - May 1967 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - Sponsorship - May 1967

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    AA Grapevine issue from May 1967 features a 15-page section on “Sponsorship” Also included are the articles “Yarn on my Toothbrush”, “I Won the Box...

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  • AA Grapevine - Loners - June 1967 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - Loners - June 1967 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - Loners - June 1967

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    This is the June 1967 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue includes the two “Loners” articles; “Message by Morse” and “Sobriety-by-Mail.” Also inc...

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  • AA Grapevine - William James and AA - August 1967 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - William James and AA - August 1967 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - William James and AA - August 1967

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    This is the August 1967 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue includes the headline articles; “William James and Alcoholics Anonymous”, “An AA Hand...

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  • AA Grapevine - Stop Smoking - September 1967 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - Stop Smoking - September 1967 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - Stop Smoking - September 1967

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    This is the September 1967 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue includes the headline articles; “Come On! Be Happy, Too”, “Stop Smoking?”, “Absolu...

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  • AA Grapevine - Self-Supporting by Bill - October 1967 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - Self-Supporting by Bill - October 1967 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - Self-Supporting by Bill - October 1967

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    This is the October 1967 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue includes the headline articles; “The Search for Self-Approval”, “AA in Prisons”, “AA...

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  • AA Grapevine - The Challenge To AA - November 1967 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - The Challenge To AA - November 1967 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - The Challenge To AA - November 1967

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    This is the November 1967 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue includes the headline articles; “Big Book Series: At Last No Longer Apart”, “The Ch...

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  • AA Grapevine - Challenge in Jamaica - February 1968 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - Challenge in Jamaica - February 1968 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - Challenge in Jamaica - February 1968

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    This is the February 1968 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the headline articles “For Days Sober... Again”, “A Funny Thing Happened t...

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  • AA Grapevine - April 1968 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - April 1968 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - April 1968

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    This is the April 1968 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles “Hail, Perseverance Group of Tobago Island!”, “Mr. Hyde Doesn’t ...

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  • AA Grapevine - Past/Present/Future - July 1968 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - Past/Present/Future - July 1968 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - Past/Present/Future - July 1968

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    This is the July 1968 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the headline articles “All This Reading at AA Meetings”, “Past/Present/Future”...

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  • AA Grapevine - Leadership in AA by Bill - September 1968 Recovery Collectibles
    AA Grapevine - Leadership in AA by Bill - September 1968 Recovery Collectibles

    AA Grapevine - Leadership in AA by Bill - September 1968

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    This is the September 1968 issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the headline articles “Leadership in AA” by Bill, “Darling Little Pills”,...

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