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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

The moment before you snap 16 Choosing your response 14 Growing empathy 13 Making it stick 9 What anger actually is 9 Cool the body first 8 Equanimity and perspective 5 The fear underneath anger 5 Practising under provocation 4 What you are actually defending 2 Anger, alcohol and the body 1

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You are right that the first drink takes the edge off. That is exactly what makes it hard, and pretending otherwise would only be untrue.

The calm is real at a small amount and it turns on you as the amount climbs, which is why the argument at eleven at night bears no resemblance to the…

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