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Rageaholics Anonymous
Rageaholics Anonymous (RA) is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other that they may solve their common problem and help other rageaholics to recover from acting out in compulsive and destructive anger. RA, like many other twelve-step programs follows the traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous.[1] In fact, by one author's count there are at least 47 official twelve-step fellowships.[2]
The primary purpose of RA is to help recovering rageaholics to abstain from committing acts of rage. The RA group distinguishes between anger and rage. Anger may be a healthy reaction to adverse circumstances among non-addicts, but for rageaholics the compulsion to rage goes way beyond anger, leading to "pitiful and incomprehensible demoralization."[3]
References
- ^ The original Twelve Steps are described in the "Big Book" (Alcoholics Anonymous, 4th edition (February 10, 2002), New York: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services) An online version of the Big Book can be found at the AA official website.
- ^ See 12 Steps for Everybody, Pacific Palisades: 12 Steps for Everybody, Inc.
- ^ p. 30, Alcoholics Anonymous