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Experiential Mondays at Omega Recovery
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Experiential Mondays at Omega Recovery At Omega Recovery we deliver world class recovery & clinical treatment to our patients in our IOP (Intensive Outpatient Program). We provide the support needed during the first few months after rehab, the most vital time in the recovery process, re-integrating into society. One of our Intensive Outpatient groups below […]
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Aug
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Sober living homes help provide a safe and addiction free environment to many who are abstaining from alcohol and drugs. However, there are many who have reservations about considering such homes as an effective measure to reintroduce themselves as responsible citizens of society. Here are the top 5 most common concerns people have about sending […]
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Aug
Aug
Inpatient Treatment VS Outpatient Treatment Drug rehabilitation is an important path that must be navigated by every substance abuse patient before the Elysium of recovery can be reached. There are no shortcuts or compromises that can perform the vital role played by drug rehab centers in nurturing ailing drug addicts back to wellness.Whether the culprit […]
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Screen Addiction The clinical, developmental, social and neurological impacts of our digital age. Friday, May 18 2018 Omega Recovery’s Complimentary CEU Networking Luncheon Friday, May 18 2018 Register Below to RSVP – Limited Seating Hosted By: Dr Nicholas Kardaras PH. D., LCSW-R and Co-Founder of Omega Recovery Considered a leading expert on young people and […]
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Apr
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For many, addiction is about escaping pain–physical or emotional. Yet for others, their addiction is all about filling a sense of emptiness that exists in their lives. These “existential crises” can be a result of retirement, divorce, illness, a death in the family…or merely a sense purposelessness that leads to a life adrift and devoid […]
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Apr
Apr
At Omega Recovery, we view addiction as a self-medicating symptom of some other underlying distress. That underlying distress can be different for each person: childhood trauma, psychiatric imbalance, physical pain, toxic relationships, existential crisis, personality disorders, unresolved bereavement, internalized shame, etc. For each person, those issues can come together to form a unique “perfect storm” […]
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Apr
Apr
Anxiety and Depression are the two mental health disorders that are most often associated with addiction. Anxiety–the runaway “fight or flight” response–can lead to self-medicating to calm the nerves that then oftentimes leads to addictive substance or alcohol use. Similarly, feeling depressed also very often leads to the self-medicating escape of substance or alcohol abuse. Both […]
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Apr
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The moment we experience trauma, our world is shattered. Our sense of safety and security disappears, leaving us feeling vulnerable, helpless, and paranoid. It does not matter if physical harm has taken place or not – any situation that leaves us scared or emotionally overwhelmed can be traumatic. It’s not what happened, it’s how it’s […]
