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Anger

Almost nobody wants to be the person who says the thing they cannot take back. The window between the surge and the words is short and it can be widened. That is most of what this area is about, along with the fear or hurt that anger is usually protecting.

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Theme · Anger, alcohol and the body
What anger actually is 35Equanimity and perspective 27The moment before you snap 26Choosing your response 23Practising under provocation 22The fear underneath anger 17Cool the body first 13Growing empathy 10What you are actually defending 10Righteous anger and perfectionism 9Making it stick 9When anger turns to harm 2Anger, alcohol and the body 1
How long you have · Five minutes
A minute 1Five minutes 1Twenty minutes 2Longer 2
When · Any ordinary day
Any ordinary day 1After a row 1

Alcohol does not add anger. It takes off the brake. Stimulants do the opposite job and press harder on the accelerator, and having both in you at once is the worst arrangement of the two.

What drink takes first is the part that holds you back, which is why nothing feels different from the inside. You are not angrier, there is simply…

Five minutesAnger, alcohol and the bodyMedical and treatmentQur’an 4:43