I have a dear friend who's addicted to anger - a brilliant man who I have no doubt does his career and his personal life great harm through this addiction.
Every time I meet him - no, not every time, but very often - he's dangling hopeful minnows for me to snap at to allow us to quarrel; he knows me well, so he knows that raging about a cyclist wearing black and no lights and no helmet as he drives by is likely to make me ragey, and there we go!
I've discovered, however, that the secret to a pleasant and kind interaction is simply to ignore this hopeful coat-trailing, and change the subject. I'm not a saint (you may have noticed) so I don't always manage this, but I'm getting better at it.
Anger addiction is not absent from my own life either…
Any other methods for control of anger issues gratefully accepted.