Begin with recognition (R)
We begin anger management with recognition. Recognition involves two complimentary skills:

Recognize the signs of anger
Detect patterns in anger

The beginning of anger management involves self-awareness.

We have talked before about how difficult it is to rise above the arousal of an emotion to take conscious control of our thinking. Many of the skills we discuss in FireWorks will help you accomplish this task. Unless we are aware of our anger, there is little we can do to manage the emotion.