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  Recently released: audiobook edition of   Anxiety Anonymous   by Dr. Dennis Ortma\. Book description: Break Free from the Grip of Anxiety with a Proven 12-Step Program Do you feel overwhelmed by anxiety, worry, or fear? Does your need for control interfere with your daily life? If anxiety leaves you feeling powerless, out of control, or hopeless, you're not alone—and there is a way out. In  Anxiety Anonymous , psychologist and former priest  Dennis Ortman, Ph.D. , offers a groundbreaking approach to healing: treating chronic anxiety as an emotional and behavioral addiction. Drawing on decades of clinical experience and the trusted  Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous , Dr. Ortman provides a practical roadmap for recovery from anxiety, panic, and obsessive worry. This powerful guide will help you: Recognize anxiety as an addictive pattern Understand how anxiety hijacks your thoughts, emotions, and behavior Work through each of the 12 Steps to transform an...

  Recently released: audiobook edition of   Anxiety Anonymous   by Dr. Dennis Ortma\. Book description: Break Free from the Grip of Anxiety with a Proven 12-Step Program Do you feel overwhelmed by anxiety, worry, or fear? Does your need for control interfere with your daily life? If anxiety leaves you feeling powerless, out of control, or hopeless, you're not alone—and there is a way out. In  Anxiety Anonymous , psychologist and former priest  Dennis Ortman, Ph.D. , offers a groundbreaking approach to healing: treating chronic anxiety as an emotional and behavioral addiction. Drawing on decades of clinical experience and the trusted  Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous , Dr. Ortman provides a practical roadmap for recovery from anxiety, panic, and obsessive worry. This powerful guide will help you: Recognize anxiety as an addictive pattern Understand how anxiety hijacks your thoughts, emotions, and behavior Work through each of the 12 Steps to transform an...

  excerpt from  Anger Anonymous  -  CHAPTER ONE ANGER STYLES: TENDING THE FIRE “Anger’s my meat. I sup upon myself and so shall starve with feeding.” —William Shakespeare   Everybody gets angry. “But not me,” I told myself.  In my father’s drunken rages, I witnessed the devastating effects of uncontrolled anger. I saw dealing with anger as playing with fire. I could easily get burned. I decided at a young age, without really mak bing a conscious choice, to smother any smoking tinders of irritation I felt. In remaining calm and controlled, I found safety and, I believed, acceptance and admiration from others. It was only many years later that I began to recognize the awful price I paid for my pseudo-tranquility. ANGER, A POWERFUL ENERGY Anger is a natural energy, like fire. Our earliest ancestors witnessed the power of fire in lightning storms and raging forest fires. They also enjoyed the light and warmth it provided in their cold, dark world. It was like a...