AS BILL SEES IT, Question 5b

What do you do when anger enters your life?  Are you looking for revenge or have you learned to let go?

In the amazing life I live today, it's not very often I feel anger.  For this I'm very thankful.

When I do, there are several actions I take.

1. I stay abstinent, no matter what.
2. I call my sponsor to talk to her about what is going on. (This is when I usually figure out what is going on in my head.)
3. I call my close program friends to talk to them about what's going on in my head.
4. I journal about it.
5. I read my daily's on the topic of anger (or any other topic that applies).
6. I read the A.A. Big Book.
7. I pray and meditate.
8. I do a ten-step (more than once, if necessary, to chase down the actual cause of my anger).
9. If necessary, I increase the number of meetings I'm attending.

I may repeat the above actions over and over again until I have peace.  I also ask God, in my prayers, if there is anything he wants me to do.  Then I wait for his answer.

"And we have ceased fighting anything or anyone..."

A.A. Big Book, pg 84

None of my actions today are to achieve revenge.  I want happiness, peace and serenity - promises made in the Big Book.  To receive this, I have to do the work (action), which I gladly do, one day at a time.