Practices

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Anger, alcohol and the body Five minutes Coping, mostly Clear all

How long you have · Five minutes

A minute 1 Five minutes 2 Twenty minutes 2 Longer 1

Who it is written for

Someone I care about 2 A practitioner 2 Me 2

Theme · Anger, alcohol and the body

Medication and how it works 63 Getting assessed and diagnosed 41 Your nervous system 37 What anger actually is 36 Systems for daily life 31 Equanimity and perspective 29 Exercise, food and other supports 27 Your sense of time 25 Get started 23 Touch and bodywork 23 What ADHD actually is 22 Bringing the future closer 21 Treatment and medication 20 When everything feels flat 19 The moment before you snap 19 The fear underneath anger 18 What worry does 17 Choosing your response 17 Feelings and focus 17 Practising under provocation 17 Moving your body 17 Screens and attention 16 What you are actually defending 14 Grounding and settling 14 Food, caffeine and fuel 13 Emotions as signals 12 Structure and routine 12 Righteous anger and perfectionism 11 Breathing 10 Feeling from the inside 9 The cost of avoiding 9 Being seen and judged 9 Staying regulated in conflict 9 Growing empathy 9 Rebuilding trust 9 Treatment and medication 8 Knowing your partner 8 Breaking the worry loop 7 Making it stick 7 Remembering to do it 6 Shame and stigma 6 Cool the body first 6 Self-compassion 5 When anger turns to harm 5 When you use something to cope 5 Tolerate distress 5 Listening and understanding 5 Shared spiritual life 4 Reading, numbers and learning differences 4 Facing it a step at a time 4 Obsessions and compulsions 3 Use your strengths 3 Posture and how you carry yourself 3 Rituals of connection 3 Panic and the body 2 Find meaning 2 Act on your values 2 Work with your brain 2 Meaning after harm 2 Repair after rupture 2 Anger, alcohol and the body 2 Help someone grieving 1 Shame 1 Affection and touch 1 Face it gently 1 Question the thought 1 Rest and pacing 1 Calm the body 1 Ask and say no well 1 Living with uncertainty 1 Get it out of your head 1 Let the wave come 1 Your window of tolerance 1 Working with anger 1 When you go numb 1 Your worth is not conditional 1 Notice the pattern and flex 1

When

Any ordinary day 1 After 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

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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