Fighting Mad: Practical Solutions for Conquering Anger

It was recommended to me to read this book, so I ordered it right away. I could only read one chapter a day because I truly was struggling with situations in my life and this book helped me to get through those struggles. By the time I got to chapter 5, I had to start "journaling" somewhat... by writing down questions, feelings & emotions that were very raw for me. After I finished chapter 14 I had to take a break, so a week went by. I began to read Chapter 15 titled "Fair or Life?" and on the top of page 86 that sentence hit me like a brick wall. I read it over and over again to the point of meditating on it. I no longer had to journal; I just read. And I finished the book (22 chapters in all, with a wrap-up at the end) in three more days.My anger has subsided... hopefully gone for good. I have learned how to manage my feelings & emotions, many of my questions were answered. I will re-read this book again in the near future to make sure that I understood that anger is an emotion that needs to be given over time and time again to God, to understanding, to realization... anger only kills me.I have ordered many more books to give them away to family members & friends who I know will benefit from reading it. I also got one for my local library, since I know they do not have one. Only 150 pages long, but packed with so much.

I heard about Ray Guarendi on Catholic Answers podcast. Ray Guarendi does a great job of explaining from how people label people who are "quick tempered" to what psychologist say to how to really identify what is making you angry and how it affects you and how to have practical ways to control it. After working for two years, to deal with the angry of a misuse of the judicial system, I found this book very helpful on helping me to identify why I was angry and how to take myself down instead of up.I have recommended this book to others who are going through things in their lives that generate angry feelings and they need help dealing with it. I will continue to recommend this book!

Loved this book. Lots of revelations and re-assurances that you're not actually as bad as you think you are! Dr. Ray has a wonderful way of making people feel normal. He's practical and wise, and you never have to wonder about his spirituality -- he's 100% Catholic. The only reason I didn't give the book five stars is because of a few editing problems. The writing Is a little awkward sometimes because it's written in Dr. Ray's personal speaking style, which is a little difficult to translate to the written word. Otherwise, excellent book.

Dr. Ray is able to concisely go directly to the point on the `how to` of dealing with this ugly feeling of anger. I find his advices very useful and so easy to follow.

This is very thought provoking. It aids in seeing how fault is assigned to both partners even and each needs to work on communication. While I don't feel this is a problem for my spouse and I, but certainly on was looking for a way to discuss anger with my teen.

This book helped and gave me some insight to my anger. I don't like myself at times and wish I could have done things different those times I lost control of my anger. I watch Dr. Ray on EWTN and I love watching, because it deals a lot with family.

He cuts through all the "psychological babble" and gets to the point in all his books. Great for anyone with on= going anger issues and really wants to deal with them and not keep using anger as an excuse for their behavior. Great -book as are all of his. LISTEN TO HIS SHOW ON EWTN TV AND RADIO.

Good book, but I felt as if it had a lot of unnecessary filler in it.

Easy to read, makes all points clearly. Very pleased to have found this book

The humor of the author and constant use of everyday examples really helps me understand what he's writing about. I can imagine instances in my own life that connect with this book and I'm very happy to use it for my good and my family's. There are several roads that anger travels along and I'm thankful for the healthy description of many of them.One very important thing I've learned from this book is that some folks do not get angry as quickly as I do - I am certain I've criticized them for being dogmatic, robotic or lacking emotion. What I need to do is try to learn from them because the way I sometimes behave when angry doesn't give me the same peace that the folks I criticize possess (my husband is one of them). I've already sold a few friends on this book.....it is a school of thought for me on a topic that I'm very interested in.