Slow to Anger

Learning to be slow to anger gives us the time and freedom of mind to decide how we should solve our problems or how we should express our anger. Being slow to anger allows us to respond to conviction, to confess our sins of anger, and to rise above hate to forgive those who have offended us.

Mark Cosgrove
Counseling for Anger

Angry Smokers

People with anger issues may be more likely to get hooked on smoking cigarettes because they find it soothing. A brain imaging study out of the University of California discovered that nicotine can dull anger responses. Nonsmokers in the study who were more likely to retaliate when they took a placebo than when they were given half of a nicotine patch. Details are in the journal Behavioral and Brain Functions.