Part of the first step in the 12 steps program and professional assessment of Sexual Addiction.
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When I work with newcomers I ask them to remember back as far as possible and write down in chronological order a brief, not detailed, one or two-sentence description of their sexual activities.
In this exercise that they are forced to review the progression of their disease.
I particularly want them to focus in on the years when they first began to think or feel there might be a problem.