Tatum O'Neal. Britney Spears. Lindsay Lohan. Your dear sweet Aunt Mamie. Why do so many substance abusers keep getting sucked back into their addictions -- just when you think they've bounced back for good? According to psychologists at the University of Wisconsin, it's because these folks never deal with the original core substance responsible for their substance abuse - a little substance called anger.

Anger may do more harm than any other emotion. First of all it is very common and, secondly, it upsets at least two people -- the aggressor and the aggressed against. There are two problems: how to prevent or control your own anger and how to handle someone aggressing against you. This chapter attends more to self-control.

As you progress in your recovery from the behavioral consequences of low self-esteem, you will need to deal with the powerful emotion of anger.

Anger is a completely normal, usually healthy, human emotion. But when it gets out of control and turns destructive, it can lead to problems. This article is meant to help you understand and control anger.