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Chula Vista, CaliforniaIntroduction to Chula Vista, California
Incorporated in 1911, Chula Vista is the 19th largest city in California. The city is home to approximately 200,000 inhabitants. It lies within the metropolitan area of San Diego which has a population of about 3 million people. Chula Vista is located 15 miles south of San Diego and borders the bay named for that city.
The Kumeyaay Indians lived here for hundreds of years before the Spanish claimed this land in 1542. Chula Vista and surrounding communities are on the land once granted by Spain in 1795 known as Rancho del Rey. It was used for cattle grazing by Mexico, which renamed it Rancho del la Nation in 1831.
Precipitation averages 10 inches per year. Temperatures reach 90 degrees an average of 3 days of the year. August average daily high and low temperatures are 78.3 and 65.3 degrees Fahrenheit. January average daily highs and lows are 68.5 and 46.1 degrees Fahrenheit.
Although the city is best known for being a bedroom community, some large employers are located in Chula Vista, such as Goodrich Aerostructures and Scripps Memorial Hospital.
Arts and Leisure
Cultural, historical, and leisure attractions include:
- The Chula Vista Heritage Museum
- The Onstage Playhouse
- The San Diego Junior Theatre
- The Chula Vista Nature Center
- The ARCO Olympic Training Center
- The Coors Amphitheatre
- Knotts Soak City USA
- Professional sports teams in the San Diego area
- Many other attractions in the San Diego metropolitan area
Nearby Cities and Towns| Location | Pop. | Median Family
Income (2000) |
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| Chula Vista | 173,556 | $50,136 | | Coronado | 24,100 | $82,959 | | Imperial Beach | 26,992 | $37,352 | | La Mesa | 54,749 | $50,398 | | Lemon Grove | 24,918 | $45,844 | | National City | 54,260 | $31,497 | | San Diego | 1,223,400 | $53,060 |
High PointsChula Vista strengths, compared to Peers (similar size places nationally) or State (other places in California): | Category | Trophy | |
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Racial Diversity
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The listings in Chula Vista, California and surrounding areas provide the following services:
(3) Drug/Alcohol Detoxification
(16) Outpatient
(2) Mental Health Services
(6) Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders
(3) Gay and Lesbian
(5) American Sign Language
(11) Spanish Speaking
(3) Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
(5) Clients With Legal Issues
(1) Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders
(6) Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum
(2) Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
(3) Methadone Maintenance
(2) Methadone Detoxification
(2) Teens and Adolescents
(3) Persons with HIV/AIDS
(2) Seniors/Older Adults
(3) Halfway House
(4) Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
(3) Females
(2) Males
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If you or a loved one living in Chula Vista has a drug or alcohol addiction problem, you may be overwhelmed and not know where to turn; but our mission is to support you and to let you know that you do not have to face this situation alone. We care about you and your loved ones in Chula Vista, California; the good news is that you have identified that there is a drug or alcohol abuse problem, and are now looking for a positive solution. We will help you to assess the seriousness of your drug or alcohol abuse problem and to locate the Chula Vista Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Center that will best be suited to your individual needs.
The different types of drug treatment in Chula Vista, CA. can include holistic drug and alcohol rehabilitation, Short-term Addiction Recovery Centers, Long-term Treatment Facilities, Outpatient Rehab Programs, Inpatient Treatment Facilities, partial hospitalization, and sober living just to name a few. The type of Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Program that is needed will depend upon the degree of dependence, the individual's social situation, and the kind of substance which they have become addicted to.
The ultimate goal of all Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Centers should be to enable the individual from Chula Vista, California to achieve lasting abstinence. Much research has indicated that in order for drug and alcohol addiction treatment to be effective, it must teach the individual how to change to their compulsive behaviors in order to remove the addiction and to be able to avoid a possible relapse. Overall, Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Facilities need to address both the physical and psychological dependency of an addiction; the behavioral and social symptoms also need to be adequately addressed before an individual from Chula Vista can have the tools that they will need to help sustain that recovery for the remainder of his or her life.
Drug detox is the first step in the Chula Vista, CA. rehabilitation treatment process toward recovery from a drug and alcohol addiction. The main goal in this component of the Chula Vista Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Treatment Facility is to rid the body of toxins that accumulate over the course of a long term drug or alcohol addiction. It is very common to see individuals from Chula Vista, CA. in drug detox that has combined different drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, heroin, or pain pills with alcohol.
When an individual from Chula Vista has sustained the use of any of these various kinds of drugs, it causes adaptations within their body that lessen the drug's original effects over time; this is a phenomenon that is known as drug tolerance. At this point, the individual from Chula Vista, California has developed a physical dependency on the substance and withdrawal symptoms will be experienced upon discontinuation. The reason that it is imperative that an individual from Chula Vista have professional supervision during the detox process is because the staff at a Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehab Program can help to make this process much easier by administering elements of treatment that can help to alleviate some of the painful withdrawal symptoms.
Once the early stages of withdrawal have passed, an individual from Chula Vista will then be able to begin a directed, Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Facility that will begin to address aspects of the psychological dependency by teaching behavioral skills that will help them to function without the use of alcohol or drugs. This component in drug recovery treatment will usually involve some type of individual or group counseling. There may also be occupational and behavioral therapies that are utilized as components of treatment in order to help to teach the individual from Chula Vista, CA. life and social skills that may have been lost while they were under the influence of addiction.
Before an addict is finally willing to surrender to the Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Rehab Program process, they may have already made repeated promises to their loved ones in Chula Vista who have been experiencing the negative effects from the individual's drug or alcohol abuse; because of the way that these substances chemically alter the person's brain, these empty promises cannot be fulfilled. If loved ones in Chula Vista, California continue to believe these empty promises, it could possible mean that the addicted person will then have time to overdose on drugs or have a serious car accident while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.
In an Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment Program, the individual from Chula Vista will become educated about the ways that drugs and alcohol affect the various functions of the brain; they will learn that it was these physiological changes that made it almost impossible for them to stop using on their own, and not personal integrity. As an individual from Chula Vista, CA. learns more about how to deal with drug triggers and as they master to the tools that they will need to use in order to stay sober when they return home to Chula Vista, they will become confident in their ability to do so.
Getting Help
Because we will hold your hand and guide you through this process, getting help is easy - just dial toll free 855 Stop-Drugs (855-786-7378); you can speak to a registered addiction specialist or just fill out the Chula Vista, California Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Facility request form and we will contact you at the soonest available opportunity.
There are 9 local Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Facilities in Chula Vista, California. We have also provided 11 additional Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Facilities that are closest geographically to Chula Vista:Acupuncture Institute for Chula Vista, CA
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
| Community Research Foundation Inc Chula Vista, CA
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Gay and Lesbian, Mental Health Services, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
| Episcopal Community Services (ECS) Chula Vista, CA
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Recovery Center
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
| MAAC Project Chula Vista, CA
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
| McAlister Institute for Trt and Educ Chula Vista, CA
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid
| Mental Health Systems Inc Chula Vista, CA
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Center
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Medicaid
| San Diego Treatment Services Chula Vista, CA
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid
| South Bay Community Services Chula Vista, CA
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance
| Third Avenue Clinic Member of CRC Chula Vista, CA
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE), Access to Recovery
| Maria Sardinas Center San Diego, CA 1.9 miles from Chula Vista
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Gay and Lesbian, Mental Health Services, Outpatient, Seniors/Older Adults, Spanish Speaking
| Paradise Valley Hospital National City, CA 5.3 miles from Chula Vista
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
| Caring Ministries of San Diego Spring Valley, CA 5.6 miles from Chula Vista
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Halfway House, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
| Positive Opportunities for Women Lemon Grove, CA 6.9 miles from Chula Vista
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Recovery Facility
Services Offered: Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance
| San Diego Youth and Community Services Lemon Grove, CA 6.9 miles from Chula Vista
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
| MAAC Project San Diego, CA 7.9 miles from Chula Vista
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Center
Services Offered: Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
| Amity at Vista San Diego, CA 8.5 miles from Chula Vista
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
| Comprehensive Health Center San Diego, CA 8.5 miles from Chula Vista
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
| San Diego Treatment Services San Diego, CA 8.5 miles from Chula Vista
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare
| Twelfth Step House San Diego, CA 8.5 miles from Chula Vista
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Gay and Lesbian, Halfway House, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Seniors/Older Adults
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
| ParentCare Family Recovery Center La Mesa, CA 8.6 miles from Chula Vista
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Halfway House, Males, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare, Private health insurance
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Did You Know? ...
Interesting Facts and Statistics:
Young heroin users often mistakenly believe that snorting or smoking heroin will not lead to addiction.
Screening for prescription drug abuse could easily be incorporated into routine medical visits by asking direct questions about substance abuse history and current prescriptions.
During the 1960's amphetamines were often prescribed by physicians for weight loss; although it was not long before this highly addictive drug was diverted to the illegal drug market.
During 2004, 7.2% of federal prisoners reported using methamphetamine in the month prior to offense.
Binge alcohol use was least likely to be reported by Asians (10.1 percent) and most likely to be reported by American Indians/Alaska Natives (21.8 percent) and whites (21.5 percent).
Among adults aged 26 or older, 6.1 percent reported current illegal drug use in 2006. In this age group, 4.2 percent used marijuana, and 2.2 percent used prescription type drugs nonmedically. Less than 1 percent used cocaine (0.8 percent), hallucinogens (0.1 percent), and inhalants (0.2 percent). The only significant change between 2005 and 2006 in the rates of past month use among adults in this age group involved heroin, which increased from 0.03 to 0.14 percent. Lifetime nonmedical use of OxyContin® among adults aged 26 or older increased from 0.9 percent in 2005 to 1.1 percent in 2006, and past year use of stimulants and heroin also increased (stimulants, from 0.6 to 0.9 percent; heroin, from 0.1 to 0.2 percent).
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