- How did you discover your addiction? Why did you enjoy it initially?
- How did you feel when you had not engaged in an addictive behavior for a while?
- List all the types of behavior of which your addiction consisted. Which did you do most often and why?
- Did your addiction damage your most important personal relations? How did it do so?
- Does your addiction isolate you from other people? Is it an internal feeling of isolation, or have the people in your life noticed it too?
- Were there any feelings that you to bouts of engagement in addictive behavior? Were you trying to mask them? How did your behavior alter or influence those feelings?
- What is the most regrettable outcome of your addiction?
- How did your addiction affect your finances? How did you rationalize your spending? Did you have to hide the damage from other people?
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