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Anger, alcohol and the body Five minutes Clear all

How long you have · Five minutes

A minute 1 Five minutes 2 Twenty minutes 3 Longer 2

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 111Your nervous system 73 What anger actually is 60 Getting assessed and diagnosed 59 Equanimity and perspective 44 Touch and bodywork 43 Systems for daily life 40 Exercise, food and other supports 39 The moment before you snap 39 Your sense of time 38 What ADHD actually is 37 Choosing your response 35 Grounding and settling 35 When everything feels flat 35 Get started 35 Screens and attention 31 Treatment and medication 31 Food, caffeine and fuel 30 The fear underneath anger 29 Feelings and focus 29 Practising under provocation 28 Bringing the future closer 27 Moving your body 24 What worry does 23 Cool the body first 23 Shame and stigma 20 Emotions as signals 19 Breathing 19 Feeling from the inside 17 What you are actually defending 16 The cost of avoiding 16 Structure and routine 16 Reading, numbers and learning differences 15 Breaking the worry loop 15 Remembering to do it 15 Growing empathy 14 Being seen and judged 14 Facing it a step at a time 13 When you use something to cope 12 Treatment and medication 12 Making it stick 12 Obsessions and compulsions 11 Tolerate distress 11 Righteous anger and perfectionism 11 Staying regulated in conflict 9 When anger turns to harm 9 Rebuilding trust 9 Knowing your partner 8 Self-compassion 7 Shame 7 When you go numb 6 Posture and how you carry yourself 6 Listening and understanding 5 Question the thought 5 Shared spiritual life 4 Use your strengths 3 Rituals of connection 3 Living with uncertainty 3 Panic and the body 2 Act on your values 2 Find meaning 2 Rest and pacing 2 Meaning after harm 2 Repair after rupture 2 Anger, alcohol and the body 2 Work with your brain 2 Affection and touch 1 Notice the pattern and flex 1 Let the wave come 1 Your window of tolerance 1 Working with anger 1 Your worth is not conditional 1 Help someone grieving 1 Get it out of your head 1 Face it gently 1 Letting it out safely 1 Calm the body 1 Ask and say no well 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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