Understand the dangerous connection between alcohol use and anger problems, and learn how professional anger management counseling can help you regain control.
Life can be really frustrating, and you might find yourself struggling to deal productively with emotions of anger. Or, you may have someone in your life or family who has a problem with a short fuse or a hot temper. When anger gets out of control, this emotion can become very destructive to yourself and others.
Anger management counseling can help with outsized anger problems. However, the anger management experts at Nugent Family Counseling Center want our patients to understand that:
Some triggers and behaviors, including alcohol use or abuse, increase the risk of angry blow-ups.
The Nugent Family Counseling Center team, under the leadership of Dr. Geoff Nugent, offers anger management counseling and support from locations in:
San Jose, CA
Los Gatos, CA
Reno, NV
Anger management problems are defined by:
Frequent emotional outbursts
Persistent frustration
Violent aggression
An anger management problem can damage:
People who struggle with anger management often also abuse drugs or alcohol. This isn't necessarily just a coincidence.
Studies show that there's actually a close relationship between feelings of out-of-control anger and aggression and alcohol use or abuse.
The World Health Organization identifies alcohol more closely with aggressive behavior than any other psychotropic substance.
According to the Association for Psychological Science:
Alcohol is involved in HALF of all violent crimes in the United States
Including rapes, assaults, and murders
If you're frustrated or stressed out, you might see a drink as a good way to calm down and relax.
The Reality: However, if anger management is currently a problem in your life, drinking alcohol is just as likely to fan the flames.
While some individuals respond to alcohol by feeling sad, others respond to the neuroinflammation of alcohol use by getting mad.
Loss of self-control
Acting without thinking
Difficulty reasoning clearly
Ignoring future impacts
If you've been struggling with angry emotions or violent impulses, these effects of alcohol can make the situation worse.
When you talk to a member of the Nugent Family Counseling Center team, you can count on compassion and honesty.
Anger management treatment with our specialists is designed to help you control your feelings of anger.
We start by diagnosing your anger problems
Based on your personal and medical history and presenting symptoms
Work through the root causes of your frustrations
Balance your brain's electrical energy and stabilize your mood
Innovative approach to anger management
Professional medication support when appropriate
Address underlying stress in your system
To learn more about alcohol use, alcohol dependence, alcohol abuse, and anger management problems, get in touch with Nugent Family Counseling Center.
Schedule your appointment with our anger management counseling experts now by giving us a call, or request an appointment online today.
Break the cycle of alcohol and anger with professional counseling
Alcohol doesn't calm anger—it makes it worse. With reduced inhibitions, impulsivity, impaired judgment, and disregard for consequences, drinking fuels the fire of anger problems and increases the risk of violence. Research shows alcohol is involved in half of all violent crimes in the U.S. If you or someone you love struggles with anger management, professional counseling can help address the root causes through therapy, neurofeedback, medication management, and aromatherapy.