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Old 03-16-2009, 10:47 AM
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Awesome!

One of the startling things I learned in recovery was that anger is a good thing, when balanced.

When one is able to generate, and feel, anger in appropriate circumstances (such as when one is wronged or threatened or disrespected), it means one holds a level of self-worth, and the anger is generated in protection of self. People who never generate anger don't have enough self-worth to want to defend themselves.

I used to stuff anger down, unless it was someone else's anger aimed at me, then I let it melt me and distort me. Through recovery I have learned to "balance" anger, which means I can have it, and you can have it, but there are healthy anger responses and unhealthy ones, and anger that is appropriate and proportional, and anger that is out in left field and out of control. My recovery has given me permission to have and feel anger, and learn how to manage it and get it right-sized and balanced. And permission to express it, appropriately.

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