The A.A. Grapevine
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Sponsors and Sponsorship

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-July 1945,What Constitutes A Good Sponsor
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-September1945,Problemsof12thStepWork
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-November 1945,A NationalPlan
3
-November 1945,Who's to Judge
4
-December 1945,HaveWeGot Elephantitis?
5
-March 1948,A Cause of FRiction
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-April 1947, Letters
7
- June 1947, Golden Opportunity
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-June 1947,An Analysis of 12th StepWork
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-July 1947,An Analysis of 12th Step Work
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-July 1947, Guides Only
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-December 1947,Discussion Page
18
-April1948,12th Step Obligations
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-May 1948,Many Enter A.A.Unsponsored
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-May 1948,DiscussionPage
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-September1948,Group Meeting
25
-September 1949,Misteps on the 12th Step
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-May 1950, Sponsorship...
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-May 1950, Is the A.A. Program a Selfish One?
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- June 1950, Sponsorship...
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-December 1952,Sponsorship...
31
-January1953,A SponsorPuts It InWriting
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TableofContents Cont.
-January1953,AFewUnansweredQuestions
-February1953,ACanadianSponsor'sProgram
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-February 1953.Sponsorship-A Dying Art?
36
-June 1953,TwoViews on Sponsorship
-February 1954,Some Do's and Don't's on Sponsorship
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-January1955,Sponsorship
39
-March 1955,Closed Meeting-On Sponsorship
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-December1955,Letter
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-February 1955,On Toast
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-April 1956,Closed Meetings-Sponsoring A New Member
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-December1956,Group Sponsorship
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-February 1957,Whose Pigeon?
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-March 1957,Letter
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-May 1957, This is my opinion
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-May 1957,"Let There be Light"
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-May 1957,Letter
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-August 1958,Sponsorship Comes Naturally
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- July 1959,My Daughter is my Sponsor
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-August 1960, Oigeons on the Glass, Alas!
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-November 1960,TheMystery Sponsor
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-March 1961,Letter
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-May 1961,Cartoon
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-May 1961,Letter
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- July 1961,Closed Meeting-Good Sponsorship
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-October1962, The Idea of Co-Sponsorship
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-December 1962,Sponsoring The Ala-Tot
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-April 1963,An A.A. Doctor's Casebook
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-May 1963,Dr. O.Hobart Mowrer,Sponsor,Be Yourself
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-October 1964,Another Human Being
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-October 1964,The Big Depression
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-October 1964,Alcoholics and Suicide
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-December 1964,The Silent Sponsor
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-January1965,Senile Sobriety
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-February 1965,A Gripe:How Many DoWe Drive Away
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-April 1965, Letter
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-June 1965,Letter
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-November 1966, Sponsorship
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-May 1967,Neil's Toughest Case
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-May 1967,How It Looks To A Sponsor
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-May 1967,Sponsorship:Source of Wisdom
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-August 1967,“Happiness Is Wanting What You Get'
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- July 1967, Letter
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-December 1967,Alateens Smartened Up This A.A.
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-January 1970,A Sponsor Is...
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-January 1970,Let Free Wil Work Its Wonders
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-April 1970,Letter
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Table of ContentsCont.
-June 1971,Letter
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-January 1972,IsTherea Generation Gap
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-May 1972,A Sponsor Can't Be My Higher Power
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-May 1972,Letter
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-January 1973,Responsible Sponsorship
105
- July 1973, Sponsorship
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- July 1973,"Listen Sponsor."
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-September 1973,Around theTables-Sponsorship
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-January1975,Sponsorship
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-September 1975, Sponsorship..s it declining in A.A.today?
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-September 1975,Milton A.Maxwell,Ph.D.,Changing Patterms
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-September 1975,Suggestions From a Temporary Sponsor
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-September 1975,Sponsor Relations
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-September 1975,Let's Hear It for Sponsorship
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- January 1976,John L,Norris,MD,Sponsor Your Doctor
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- January 1976,Letter
129
-March 1976,Feet ofClay
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-April 1976,My Sponsor, the Cat
131
-April, 1976, Letter
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-May 1976, Letter
133
-September 1976,“YoullBe MyPigeon!
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-May1977,You andINeed Each Other
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-October 1977,Letter
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Tab!e ofContents Cont.
-March 1978,Don't Sell the Newcomer Short
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-June 1978,Sponsorship
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-July 1978,Letter
143
-August 1978, Carry the Message
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-December 1978,Tough Love
145
-April 1979,Pigeons
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-June 1980,Around the Tables-Pigeon
148
-March1981,Give and Take
149
-April 1981,Three Months Last Friday
151
- July 1981, Letter
152
-January1982,Temporary Sponsor
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-March 1982, Sponsorship
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-August 1982, All Things to All People? No!
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-August 1982,My Sponsor, My Friend
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-September1982,SPONSORSPROTEM
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-November 1982,HowMy SponsorGot Better
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-January1983,Chemical Reaction
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-February1984,Sponsorship
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-May1984,Only One Thing in Common
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-April 1985, Let It Happen
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-August 1985, A Sponsor Is...
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- January 1985,By The Book
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-February 1986,Rules Without Reason
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TableofContentsCont.
-March 1988,Letters
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-July 1988,My SponsorIs GettingBetter
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-September1988,SPONSORSHIP-Is aTwo-Way Street
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-December1988,AvailingYourselfof aSponsor
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-December 1988,A.A.-A Way of Life
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- January 1989,Letter
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-March 1989,Attila the H.and FRiends
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-March 1989,'More Questions Than Answers'
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- June 1989, The Challenge of Sponsorship
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- July 1989,The Most Important Thing in My Life
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-September 1990,A Sponsor's Eye
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-March 1991,A Sponsor's Sadness
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- May 1991, Sponsorship
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-June 1991, Sponsorship
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-September 1991,The Heart of A.A.-Sponsorship
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-January1993,A Guide forAllSeasons
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-May 1994,The Best SponsorI Never Had
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-June 1994,Tales of an A.A. Nomad
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-February 1995,MySponsorStillWalks WithMe
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-January 1996,WhoIsThe Greatest of Them All?
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-May 1996,Reality Bites
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-May 1996,Twenty-Five Years
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-November 1996,To Listen
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TableofContentsCont.
-November1996,andLearn
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-January1997,APowerfulAssignment
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-January 1997,A Helping Hand
221
-February 1997,Letter
222
-March1997.WillYouFireMe?
223
-May 1997,Take My Advice -I'm Not Using It
224
-July 1997,APerfectlyPracticalProgram
225
-September1997,When OneAlcoholic....SharesWithAnother
227
-November1997,TryannosarusRex
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