Anger Management
Most anger management therapies help you identify triggers, guide your understanding of the source of your anger, and give you strategies to calm yourself in the moment. And while these are important pieces, they are not enough. Otherwise, people would decide to “just stop it” and that would work to solve their anger problem.
We all know what anger is, and we’ve all felt it, whether it was a fleeting annoyance or full-fledged rage. Most of the time our anger is manageable. But when it threatens to get out of control or turns destructive, it can lead to problems — at work, in our personal lives, and in the overall quality of our lives. It can make us feel as though we’re at the mercy of an unpredictable force that is controlling us.
Anger is a dangerous emotion for people in Recovery, it can make us make terrible knee jerk reactions and possibly be a gateway to picking up a drink or drug. The benefit of taking anger management while in long term treatment the clients will learn to safely walk through anger and see that it is possible to come out on the other side without wanting to drink or drug.