Meditations on "Anger"

When we first come into recovery, we tend to focus on our past behaviour and the things we have done wrong.

If someone was to evaluate our daily interaction with others, would they describe us as gentle or harsh?

What are we saying and why are we saying it? After years of either saying nothing out of fear or bursting out with anger or complaints, one of the things we need to learn in recovery is what to say and when to say it.

An important part of living with God in recovery is coming to an accurate view of what went wrong in our relationships and doing our part to make things right.

Because of its damaging effects, stored anger is a problem and needs to be addressed by those who suffer from it.

Unkind words or hurtful events cause us to store anger which over time, if not dealt with, will turn into frustration, anxiety, hatred, despair, rage, and hopelessness.

God invites us to relationship with Him, so we can know and set healthy boundaries in relationship with others.

As we turn our will and our lives over to God’s care, we will find the safety and protection we have been seeking our whole lives.

The only antidote for hurt, frustration, and anger is love and plenty of it.

We live in a time where the freedom to do what we want, when we want, with whomever we want, is the popular understanding of freedom and the source of a wonderful life.

God never intended that we would know evil, let alone experience it.

One of our greatest spiritual dangers in recovery is “stinking thinking”.