tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221101278797301003.post8364506468131016555..comments2024-01-30T11:17:26.526-08:00Comments on Adult Children Of Alcoholics/ ACAs ACOAs ACODFs Blog: Addiction Is An Act Of Violence Toward The SelfUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221101278797301003.post-81461608131465830812011-01-07T08:31:51.749-08:002011-01-07T08:31:51.749-08:00Anger in itself is neither negative or positive an...Anger in itself is neither negative or positive and is part of the spectrum of human emotions. For the purposes of this discussion I believe the article refers mostly to unresolved anger which I think is synonymous with resentment. Some would propose that getting in touch with and expressing the hurt beneath that unresolved anger is a good way to help resolve it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221101278797301003.post-56439691848524021992011-01-06T18:23:42.245-08:002011-01-06T18:23:42.245-08:00Feeling anger and carrying a grudge are NOT synony...Feeling anger and carrying a grudge are NOT synonymous. To feel anger is part of the process of being human- carrying a grudge is the inability to discharge that anger in a healthy way which allows one to move on. I remember being angry and denying it- I now can accept it and sometimes that leads to rapid closure of a situation and sometimes not- but the fact it is acknowledged is a huge first Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221101278797301003.post-10065073375580322582010-12-22T03:47:49.142-08:002010-12-22T03:47:49.142-08:00everytime i listen o this song makes me wonder wh...everytime i listen o this song makes me wonder what i did bad or didnt do good....<br /><br />such a great song...alcohol saliva testhttp://kitdetox.com/product_alcohol-strip-drug-saliva-test-p76896.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221101278797301003.post-7560511859556373502010-12-18T10:55:37.583-08:002010-12-18T10:55:37.583-08:00My interpretation is- when you can see the frighte...My interpretation is- when you can see the frightened child inside YOURSELF (and hopefully begin to nurture it), it becomes impossible to continue feeling anger and carrying the grudge. Which, for me, is way more healthy than living with the burden of seething rage or resentment and all the stress that brings.<br /><br />Certainly appropriate boundary setting still applies. But I'm way betterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-221101278797301003.post-80788675455669912202010-12-18T10:02:23.378-08:002010-12-18T10:02:23.378-08:00Everything this article states is very true in my ...Everything this article states is very true in my life. The only thing I would add (and it may already be stated in the article in a way) is that boundaries with people who ignore, devalue and discount emotions is entirely appropriate and necessary. I have family members who meet at this time of year and its like walking into an emotion free zone or a zone of ONLY THEIR EMOTIONAL SET POINTS. I Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com