Bottom line behaviour is any sexual or emotional or physical act which, once engaged in, leads to loss of control of the addictive process.
There are warning signs sometimes called top lines or mid-lines which warn the addict that s/he may be engaging in behaviour which may lead to loss of sobriety.
An example of bottom line behaviour for a Sex Addict might be cruising the streets or looking at the covers of pornographic magazines. These behaviours can lead to loss of sobriety.
Famous quotes containing the words bottom, line and/or behaviour:
“There are two things that seem to be at the bottom of our constitutions; one is a continual tendency towards politics; the other is family pride; and it is strange how these two feelings run through all of us.”
—Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)
“The man of business ... goes on Sunday to the church with the regularity of the village blacksmith, there to renounce and abjure before his God the line of conduct which he intends to pursue with all his might during the following week.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)
“When we read of human beings behaving in certain ways, with the approval of the author, who gives his benediction to this behaviour by his attitude towards the result of the behaviour arranged by himself, we can be influenced towards behaving in the same way.”
—T.S. (Thomas Stearns)