Meditations on "Anger"

Good communication is an important part of all interaction with others and helps people at home and in the workplace co-operate with each other, deal with conflicts and challenges, and build effective relationships.

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

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.

It is so much easier to name ways that others irritate us than to accept there are ways we irritate others.

God invites us to a relationship with Him, so we can know His principles for living right, and then set healthy boundaries in our relationships with others.

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

The Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous makes this statement: “Putting out of our minds the wrongs others had done, we resolutely looked for our own mistakes.

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

For you are great and perform wonderful deeds. You alone are God.

Keeping a record of wrongs often leads to the winding path of relapse and active addiction.

As we sober up in recovery, most of us quickly recognize that we have an anger problem.

The 12-Step Road often seems a long and winding one to us and some of us think we can reach the same destination by taking shortcuts that are more agreeable.