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.
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AA Grapevine from January 1955
Original price $115 - Original price $115Original price$115$115 - $115Current price $115This is the January 1955, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the article ”Why Alcoholics Anonymous is Anonymous” by Bill. This Grapevin...
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AA Grapevine from December 1954
Original price $125 - Original price $125Original price$125$125 - $125Current price $125This 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 November 1954
Original price $115 - Original price $115Original price$115$115 - $115Current price $115This is the November 1954, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles “A Thanksgiving Message from Bill”, “There is No Past Tense ...
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AA Grapevine from October 1954
Original price $115 - Original price $115Original price$115$115 - $115Current price $115This 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 September 1954
Original price $115 - Original price $115Original price$115$115 - $115Current price $115This is the September 1954, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles ”People in Glass Houses”, “AA Profaners”, “Growing With AA”...
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AA Grapevine from August 1954 - Hospitals and Prisons
Original price $115 - Original price $115Original price$115$115 - $115Current price $115This 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 April 1954
Original price $115 - Original price $115Original price$115$115 - $115Current price $115This 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 March 1954 - Conversion As A Psychological Phenomenon
Original price $115 - Original price $115Original price$115$115 - $115Current price $115This is the March 1954, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles ”Conversion as a Psychological Phenomenon” by Harry Tiebout, “T...
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AA Grapevine from February 1954
Original price $115 - Original price $115Original price$115$115 - $115Current price $115This 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 - September 1953 - Surrender vs Compliance by Harry Tiebout
Original price $120 - Original price $120Original price$120$120 - $120Current price $120This is the September 1953, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the article ”Surrender versus Compliance in Therapy” by Dr. Harry Tiebou...
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AA Grapevine - August 1953 - Family Circle by Lois W
Original price $120 - Original price $120Original price$120$120 - $120Current price $120This is the August 1953, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the section ”Family Circle” with an article by Lois W. Also included are th...
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AA Grapevine from July 1953 - A Fragment of History by Bill
Original price $110 - Original price $110Original price$110$110 - $110Current price $110This is the July 1953, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features ”A Fragment of History” by Bill. Also included are the articles “AA Doctors M...
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AA Grapevine from June 1953
Original price $120 - Original price $120Original price$120$120 - $120Current price $120This is the June 1953, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features ”Third General Service Conference of AA”, “Not All Cows are Purple”, and much...
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AA Grapevine from May 1953
Original price $120 - Original price $120Original price$120$120 - $120Current price $120This is the May 1953, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles ”Group Problems and Growing Pains”, “Twelfth Step Work IS AA”, an...
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AA Grapevine from January 1953 - Milestone Report
Original price $120 - Original price $120Original price$120$120 - $120Current price $120This is the January 1953, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features ”Milestone Report: Inventory of 1952”, “Tradition Nine by Bill”, and much ...
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AA Grapevine from August 1952
Original price $110 - Original price $110Original price$110$110 - $110Current price $110This is the August 1952, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles “Tradition Four by Bill”, “The True Confessions of a Man on Pi...
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AA Grapevine - AA Prison Groups - July 1952
Original price $120 - Original price $120Original price$120$120 - $120Current price $120This is the July 1952, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the third in a series of articles by Bill explaining the Twelve Traditions. T...
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AA Grapevine - General Service Conference - June 1952
Original price $110 - Original price $110Original price$110$110 - $110Current price $110This is the June 1952, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles “AA General Service Conference”, “A Remembering Heart”, “AA on t...
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AA Grapevine - Tradition One by Bill - April 1952
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AA Grapevine from March 1952
Original price $130 - Original price $130Original price$130$130 - $130Current price $130This is the March 1952, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles “March is a Time For New Brooms”, “The Doctors Look at Alcohol”...
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AA Grapevine from February 1952 - California Early History
Original price $110 - Original price $110Original price$110$110 - $110Current price $110This is the February 1952, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the theme of two California cities: Los Angeles and San Francisco. This i...
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AA Grapevine from December 1951 - Lasker Award
Original price $130 - Original price $130Original price$130$130 - $130Current price $130This is the December 1951, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features an article describing the event on October 30th, 1951 in San Francisco in...
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AA Grapevine from November 1951 - The Traditions
Original price $150 - Original price $150Original price$150$150 - $150Current price $150This is the November 1951, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features a Dedication at the front to Dr. Bob as this was the one year anniversary...
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AA Grapevine from October 1951
Original price $145 - Original price $145Original price$145$145 - $145Current price $145This is the October 1951, issue of the AA Grapevine. This issue features the articles “There Ain’t No Pushbutton”, “Twelfth Step”, and much more. T...
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