An Action Plan for the Healthy Man: Declare independence from violence.

If violence is part of any of your relationships, you need help.  You might blame your violent behavior on your bad temper.  That's just another way of saying that you choose not to manage your anger.  If you have anger management issues, your bad temper is holding you hostage.  Don't be a prisoner of anger.  Declare your independence from violence.

If you have anger management issues, pray.  Then ask your pastor and your doctor for help.
If you are involved in domestic violence, pray.  Then ask your pastor and your doctor for help. 
If you are involved in any violence, pray.  Then ask your pastor and your doctor for help.

Proverbs 15:18
A wrathful man stirs up strife,
But he who is slow to anger allays contention.

Proverbs 16:32
He who is slow to anger is better than the mighty,
And he who rules his spirit than he who takes a city.

Proverbs 19:11
The discretion of a man makes him slow to anger,
And his glory is to overlook a transgression.

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Deborah White, MD, MBA