A Biblical Take on HALTing Addiction Triggers – Part 2: Anger
Christian Counselor Spokane
In addiction recovery parlance, the acronym HALT refers to four common situational addiction triggers for relapse: in the heat of temptation, is the addict Hungry, Angry, Lonely or Tired? If so, the addict who recognizes the known factors can mitigate them and increase his odds of staying clean. In the war against addiction, wisdom calls for addressing these common predispositions, but let’s look at the spiritual correlates for the the second of four addiction triggers: anger. What does the Bible say about reacting to anger with regard to using? Anger as Information Anger has been called a secondary emotion in that it arises from another deeper emotion, often fear or...
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