"fact" in the Big Book

In a matter of fact way he told how two men had appeared in court, persuading the judge to suspend his commitment.

The tremendous fact for every one of us is that we have discovered a common solution.

The fact is that most alcoholics, for reasons yet obscure, have lost the power of choice in drink.

The great fact is just this, and nothing less: That we have had deep and effective spiritual experiences* which have revolutionized our whole attitude toward life, toward our fellows and toward God’s universe.

The central fact of our lives today is the absolute certainty that our Creator has entered into our hearts and lives in a way which is indeed miraculous.

In fact, I have been trying to produce some such emotional rearrangement within you.

But the moment I made up my mind to go through with the process, I had the curious feeling that my alcoholic condition was relieved, as in fact it proved to be.

But after a while we had to face the fact that we must find a spiritual basis of life —or else.

We could wish to be moral, we could wish to be philosophically comforted, in fact, we could will these things with all our might, but the needed power wasn’t there.

Nevertheless, the twentieth century readily accepts theories of all kinds, provided they are firmly grounded in fact.

When many hundreds of people are able to say that the consciousness of the Presence of God is today the most important fact of their lives, they present a powerful reason why one should have faith.

He was as much a fact as we were.

In fact, his rival was ruined.

Admit that he probably knows more about it than you do, but call to his attention the fact that however deep his faith and knowledge, he could not have applied it or he would not drink.

Ask them to remember, when they are impatient, the blessed fact of his sobriety.

Frequently, you have felt obliged to tell your husband’s employer and his friends that he was sick, when as a matter of fact he was tight.

The fact is that he should work with other people to maintain his own sobriety.

At the very beginning, the couple ought to frankly face the fact that each will have to yield here and there if the family is going to play an effective part in the new life.

In fact, he may say almost anything if he has accepted our solution which, as you know, demands rigorous honesty.

and the fact that you went away for treatment will not be mentioned.

This is the Great Fact for us.