UnixBer ... it's like you were looking into my head. One of the main reasons why I drank/used is to shut down my anger toward people. My mind, for whatever reason, keeps playing back old conversations and situations over and over. The time I was beat up, The time the contractor ripped me off, the time my "friends" left without me. etc. etc. It just keeps repeating in my mind even though in many cases these things happened a long time ago. I'm working on new ways to deal with these thoughts and all of the associated anger. I also think it's OK to get angry ... for me though, it doesn't make sense to get angry over something that happened 40 years ago.