Ranger Danger
February 2024
| Getting Through Tough Times
By:
Barbara L.
| Edgewood, New Mexico
A sober park ranger alone in remotest Alaska gets offered a shot of whiskey from some fishermen. Big Book to the rescue!
Fleeing Fire, Finding Faith
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
M.L.
| Camas, Wash.
As the old-timers used to say, AA is a way of life that works in rough going
When no one’s watching
March 2020
| Puzzled
By:
Rick R.
| Poway, Calif.
Little routine things that cost him nothing and clear his conscience begin when he parks the car
Helping Others Survive the Holidays
November 2019
| Grapevine Classics
By:
Steve H.
| Minneapolis, Minn.
Staying sober—and even enjoying yourself—during the holidays
He Opened The Door
September 2017
By:
Michael M.
| Placentia, Calif.
She was a dry drunk, searching and lost, until a suggestion by a teacher unexpectedly showed her the door to sobriety
All Patched Up
January 2016
Far from home and all by himself, he had a flat tire and was heading south fast
Rap My Knuckles, Tickle My Funny Bone
June 2014
By:
G.B.
| Lafayette, Indiana
What one member has learned from 40 years of reading Grapevine
Up a Steep, Snowy Trail
April 2014
By:
Judy A.
| Missoula, Montana
After an honest look in the mirror, she found herself on a way to a meeting
Going Solo
December 2003
By:
Shirley Ann C.
| Lock Haven, Pennsylvania
There are reasons why people say not to make Twelfth Step calls alone. Here's one of them. --Step Twelve - Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics, and to practice these principles in all
After Twenty-nine Years
November 1999
By:
Marty M.
| Manhattan, New York
The author's story "Women Suffer Too" was the first woman's story in the Big Book. - From the July 1968 Grapevine
An Agnostic Turns It Over
April 1984
By:
S. D.
| Modesto, California
Excerpts from a letter to a newcomer
Across the Editor's Desk
December 1960
The Pleasures of Reading
July 1947
By:
R.E.B.
| New York City
<emphasis type="italic">Kilvert's Diary</emphasis>, 1870-1879. By the Rev. Francis Kilvert. (Macmillan, $3)
The Pleasures of Reading
April 1946
By:
R.E.B.
| Manhattan, New York
<emphasis type="italic">Written on the Wind</emphasis>, a novel by Robert Wilder (Putnam; $2.75)
The Pleasures of Reading
June 1945
By:
Grace O.
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF CHRISTIAN PERSONALITY<lb <emphasis type="italic">By Ernest M. Ligon</emphasis> (MacMillan Co.; $3.00)
Shifting Emotional Landscapes
Web Exclusives
| Grapevine Online Exclusives
By:
Susan W.
| Greenfield, Mass.
Emotional sobriety in AA, distilled to its essence
Letter from the Editor
September 2022
| Young & Sober
