Anger Management Workbook
Anger Busting Workbook
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Chapter 6
ABCs for Your Own Recovery
Sarah knew it was coming. She just didn't
know when. She had been married to Keith for ten years
now, and she could read his rage cycle like an airline
schedule. It had been eight days since his last really
big blow-up. Over the past two years it was rare for
him to ever go longer than ten days without some sort
of very unpleasant incident. So Sarah was certain that
sometime within the next 48 hours, or at the most, 72
hours, he was going to rage again.
The problem was that this was Thursday.
That meant Keith would be primed for an attack sometime
over the weekend, and her sister and family were planning
to be here this weekend. They were all supposed to go
to the lake, go water skiing, take the kids to the movies,
have a big barbeque, and generally just chill out and
have a nice time. That would all be spoiled if Keith
kept to his regular cycle. Sarah shuddered at the thought
of her husband going into a rage, accusing her and her
sister of being something that rhymes with witches,
throwing the drink cooler and the seat cushions overboard,
and swamping the neighbor kids jet ski with the wake
from the boat right before he rammed into the dock.
There was only one solution; she would
have to trigger him early. She had done it before.
Actually, she had done it several times. It was never
a nice experience, and it could sometimes be a little
risky, but it was usually worth the pain and suffering
in order to buy a little safety for something more important,
Jacob's birthday or Thanksgiving, for instance. Keith
was always so nice for about 48 hours after he had a
rage attack. He was sweet and he would buy her stuff
and agree to pretty much anything she said. Yes, she
knew what she had to do.
About that time, she heard Keith pull
into the driveway. She decided it had better be tonight,
after Jake went to bed. She already knew how to set
it up. The bill from Neiman-Marcus came today, the one
for the three new outfits and three pairs of shoes that
she bought after the big
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