FRIDAY CHIP---ANGER/SELF-CONTROL

[SunnyGirl]

FRIDAY CHIP---ANGER/SELF-CONTROL

"If you don't like the feeling of anger choose
the feeling of acceptance instead"- - unknown
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I’m getting pretty good at keeping my anger under
control. Most of the time…. Part of the time….
Working on it as I type….

Recently, when “Honey” questioned me about why
I did or didn’t do something, I erupted like Mt. Etna…
Thing of it was, he was right! But I really hated having
him point out my mistake. Needless to say, I had to do
serious make-up work for my bad behavior….. This
could have all been prevented if I had taken a time out
or recited the serenity prayer until I cooled off…
Today, I will work on this defect and try harder to
rule over my emotions instead of them ruling me.

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“If what we are doing with our anger is not achieving the
desired result, it would seem logical to try something different”.
- Harriet Lerner

Peace on the journey, SunnyGirl

[caressa]

Not feeling much anger these days. Have been too busy or in too much pain to really feel it if it is there. Although, when I think about it, the pain can make me angry when I can't do what I want to do. Didn't like going to bed early last night and waking up just after 3 a.m. That is annoyance, not anger. What I perceived as anger for so many years, was abandonment, rejection, hurt and a lot of other emotions I didn't know how to express and let go of for so many years. Today I accept the feelings for what they are, process them, know they are alright and then once I acknowledge them, I can let them go.

[Lin]

I used to have a problem with anger, but these days I have gotten past it. Self control is a much nicer way to live.

I used my recovery tools of acceptance, letting go, detachment and the serenity prayer to ge past the anger.

LIN