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addiction, Depression, drug and alcohol addiction, extended care, IOP, lifestyle changes, low self esteem, mental health, mental health crisis, opiod crisis, process addictions, purpose, rehab center austin, self image, spending addiction, tech addiction, trauma, Treatment Philosophy, Video Gaming Addiction, what we treat

CBS Austin News: Dr. K, Community Integrated Addiction Treatment

Posted on by Omega Recovery Treatment Center
06
Nov

Omega Recovery is a drug treatment and mental health treatment center in Austin, TX. Dr. Kardaras and our clinical team have created a new, better, and more effective way to treat drug addiction and mental health. Traditionally treatment programs put the struggling addict in an artificial treatment bubble where it’s relatively easy to stay sober, […]

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How to Find Work After Rehab

Posted on by Omega Recovery Treatment Center
29
Sep

Ways to Find Work After Rehab If you’ve recently progressed through alcohol or drug rehab and have learned how to cope with and manage your addiction, you should feel like a new person. Getting through drug or alcohol treatment can be difficult and will invariably come with numerous obstacles that need to be overcome. Many […]

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purpose, what we treat

Lack of Purpose or Meaning in One’s Life

Posted on by Omega Recovery Treatment Center
18
Apr

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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drug and alcohol addiction, what we treat

Drug Addiction and Alcoholism

Posted on by Omega Recovery Treatment Center
17
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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mental health, what we treat

Depression and Anxiety

Posted on by Omega Recovery Treatment Center
17
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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trauma, what we treat

Trauma

Posted on by Omega Recovery Treatment Center
17
Apr

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 […]

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technology, what we treat

Process Addictions

Posted on by Omega Recovery Treatment Center
17
Apr

If you’re unfamiliar with the subject, process addictions refer to thoughts, feelings, activities, and relationships a person may use to survive an unhappy life. When people think about addictions, drug use and alcohol usually come to mind. Substances are easy to get addicted to, but behaviors can also become addictive. With process addictions, it’s about […]

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codependents, what we treat

Codependency

Posted on by Omega Recovery Treatment Center
17
Apr

At Omega Recovery, we believe that Codependence stems from growing up in a troubling environment. In other words, a child had to depend on an undependable caregiver. Maybe they were left in a hot car for long periods while a parent worked or shopped. Perhaps one parent struggled with a drug or alcohol addiction. Our […]

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self image, what we treat

Low Self Esteem

Posted on by Omega Recovery Treatment Center
17
Apr

Approval Seeking Obsession: Doing something to receive praise or validation Compulsion: I’m doing this so you will like me. If you think I’m good, I’m good Approval seekers go out of their way to get other people to like them. It’s not the same thing as people pleasing, where the person just wants to make others happy. […]

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gambling, what we treat

Gambling

Posted on by Omega Recovery Treatment Center
17
Apr

Obsession: Winning the next game Playing Gambling can happen anywhere, from race tracks to casinos, family room poker games to online slot machines. With so many options available, compulsive gamblers are never far away from temptation. It’s a very real issue, one that affects people of all backgrounds. Omega Recovery meets many families struggling to get […]

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