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Anger, alcohol and the body Five minutes On my own Clear all

How long you have · Five minutes

A minute 1 Five minutes 2 Twenty minutes 3 Longer 2

Who it is written for

A practitioner 2 Someone I care about 2 Me 2

Theme · Anger, alcohol and the body

Your nervous system 65 Medication and how it works 49 What anger actually is 46 Equanimity and perspective 36 The moment before you snap 34 Touch and bodywork 34 Get started 33 Grounding and settling 32 Getting assessed and diagnosed 32 Exercise, food and other supports 31 Choosing your response 30 Your sense of time 30 When everything feels flat 29 What ADHD actually is 28 The fear underneath anger 28 Food, caffeine and fuel 27 Systems for daily life 25 Practising under provocation 22 Treatment and medication 21 Bringing the future closer 19 Shame and stigma 18 Breathing 18 Cool the body first 18 Screens and attention 17 Moving your body 16 Feeling from the inside 16 What worry does 16 What you are actually defending 15 Feelings and focus 14 Structure and routine 11 Being seen and judged 11 Making it stick 11 Treatment and medication 10 Growing empathy 9 Breaking the worry loop 9 Remembering to do it 9 Obsessions and compulsions 9 Tolerate distress 8 When you use something to cope 8 Righteous anger and perfectionism 8 Self-compassion 7 Emotions as signals 7 Reading, numbers and learning differences 7 Question the thought 5 Posture and how you carry yourself 5 When anger turns to harm 4 Staying regulated in conflict 4 Shame 4 Facing it a step at a time 4 When you go numb 3 Meaning after harm 2 Use your strengths 2 Anger, alcohol and the body 2 Living with uncertainty 2 Work with your brain 2 Act on your values 2 Find meaning 2 Notice the pattern and flex 1 Calm the body 1 The cost of avoiding 1 Rest and pacing 1 Shared spiritual life 1 Get it out of your head 1 Your window of tolerance 1 Working with anger 1 Let the wave come 1 Your worth is not conditional 1 Knowing your partner 1 Repair after rupture 1 Face it gently 1 Letting it out safely 1 Rebuilding trust 1

When

After a row 1 Any ordinary day 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

The strongest pull is not the anger by itself. It is anger plus being right, the lift in the body and the certainty of the moral high ground arriving together.

That pairing is genuinely hard to put down, because giving it up means giving up more than a mood. It means not being the wronged one for a while.…

Five minutesAnger, alcohol and the bodyMedical and treatmentQur’an 12:53

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