Are your clients caught in a downward addiction spiral causing helplessness and frustration? While there are many reasons for addictive behavior, certain emotions such as anger can fuel the addictive cycle. This in turn increases the intensity of the emotion and amplifies distructive behavior resulting in an out of control moment. Here are some examples. It starts with a painful event such as the loss of a job, the betrayal of a close friend or the disappointment of a missed opportunity. Each of these episodes can spark anger directed at another person or self-directed for failure to handle it properly…