Burlington, Colorado

Burlington, Colorado, in Kit Carson county, is 138 miles E of Aurora, Colorado. The city has a population of 3,678.

The People and Families of Burlington

In Burlington, about 50% of adults are married.

Approximately 20% of Burlington is non-white. The city boasts a diverse population for Colorado, with several racial groups well-represented among the population.

Interestingly, Burlington is known for having more men than similar cities.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Burlington had a median family income of $42,500.

Political Inclinations

Residents gave more to the Democratic party than any of the others.

Burlington Housing

About 67% of housing units in Burlington are owner-occupied.

Commuting

In Burlington, 90% of commuters drive to work. Commuters in the city are more likely, and able, to walk or bicycle to work than most. Commuting to work is generally easier in Burlington than in most places of its size.

High Points

Burlington strengths, compared to Peers (similar size places nationally) or State (other places in Colorado):

CategoryTrophy
Short Commute Times
(vs. Peers)
Top 2%Burlington Short Commute Times
Racial Diversity
(vs. Peers)
Top 6%Burlington Racial Diversity
Walking and Biking to Work
(vs. Peers)
Top 13%Burlington Walking and Biking to Work
Well-Paid Single Men
(vs. Peers)
Top 14%Burlington Well-Paid Single Men


The listings in Burlington, Colorado and surrounding areas provide the following services:

(19) Outpatient
(12) Teens and Adolescents
(5) Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders
(5) Persons with HIV/AIDS
(5) Gay and Lesbian
(5) Seniors/Older Adults
(4) Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum
(10) Females
(8) Males
(15) Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders
(11) Clients With Legal Issues
(2) American Sign Language
(4) Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
(2) Drug/Alcohol Detoxification
(1) Halfway House
(1) Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
(5) Spanish Speaking
(1) Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
(1) Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment



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Do you have a problem with drug or alcohol addiction and live in Burlington, Colorado? Are you concerned about a family member in Burlington, who has a problem like this? Whatever your situation it's easy to believe that you're alone with this . . . that, somehow, you have to solve the problem all on your own. That is not the case. We care about you - and will help you find an Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Rehab Program in Burlington, suited to your specific treatment needs. You don't have to deal with drug addiction or alcoholism on your own!

An Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Program in Burlington, is a good option for the treatment of drug addiction and alcoholism. The goal of an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Program in Burlington, CO. is to direct the initial treatment plan toward the ability of the individual to stop using drugs and/or alcohol and hence avoid the psychological, legal, financial, social, and physical consequences that are usually associated with drug addiction and alcoholism.

There are many different addiction treatment approaches such as Long-term Drug Rehabilitation Facilities, Outpatient Rehab Centers, Short-term Rehab Facilities, Inpatient Drug Rehabilitation Centers, support group meetings, drug counseling, halfway houses and sober living.

Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Centers in Burlington, typically focus on the two-fold nature of drug addiction and alcoholism: physical and psychological addiction. Physical addiction can be treated by a detoxification program in Burlington, Colorado with treatment procedure to assist with the painful withdrawal symptoms which manifest themselves when a person discontinues the consumption of a drug or drugs that they are addicted to. With habitual use of a psychoactive substance the brain gradually adapts to the presence of the drug so the desired effect becomes minimal. This is how physical tolerance develops to drugs such as heroin, amphetamines, cocaine, nicotine and alcohol to name a few. It also explains why more and more of the drug is needed to get the same effect with habitual use of an addictive drug. The abrupt cessation of an addictive drug can lead to serious withdrawal symptoms where the body may take weeks or months (depending on the drug involved) to return to normal function. The withdrawal symptoms from certain substances, such as heroin, can induce severe and painful withdrawal symptoms, and be quite prolonged.

An Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Rehab Facility in Burlington, will not only provide the person with a professional detox but also provide an Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Facility for the psychological issues inevitably underlying all drug and alcohol addiction problems, so as to decrease the chances of relapse and increase the chances of a clean and sober life.

An Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Center in Burlington, CO. is more likely to be one of the most successful methods for treating an individual with a severe drug addiction problem. Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Facilities in Burlington, are designed to deliver a comprehensive treatment curriculum and assist a person in every facet of their life 24 hours a day.

For a person to make a successful recovery, they must acquire new knowledge, abilities and 'life skills'. This new knowledge, abilities and life skills must be directed toward strategies for returning home to Burlington, from an Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Center and encountering old drug using acquaintances in Burlington - as well as ways to handle the many reminders and triggers of their past drug using days in Burlington. These triggers can produce memories which can produce psychological stressors. These psychological stressors often hinder the recovering addict, making it very difficult for them to feel as though they have control over their actions concerning drug using impulses. This is because research into the brain of addicts shows changes in the way their brain functions long after they have discontinued using drugs and/or alcohol. This is the main reason why even an individual with will power as strong as steel may find it extremely difficult to overcome drug addiction or alcoholism without professional addiction treatment. With so many obstacles such as triggers, drug cravings, and changes in the way their brain functions due to habitual drug use, it is no surprise why so many people attend a Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility each year to successfully recovery from drug and alcohol addiction.

There are many reasons why a person should enroll into an Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Program in Burlington. A few of the many reasons are: the inability to control or eliminate their drinking or drug use, alienating their friends and family, legal problems, severe depression and general unhappiness due to excessive drug or alcohol use.

Getting Help

Call toll free 855 Stop-Drugs (855-786-7378) to speak to a professional Registered Addiction Specialist or simply fill out the Burlington, Colorado Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Treatment Facility request form and you will be contacted by a counselor shortly.

There are 4 local Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Centers in Burlington, Colorado. We have also provided 16 additional Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Centers that are closest geographically to Burlington:

Advantage Treatment Center (ATC) Burlington, CO
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Gay and Lesbian, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Seniors/Older Adults, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Centennial Mental Health Center Inc Burlington, CO
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
First Step Recovery Burlington, CO
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Prairie Land Recovery Center Burlington, CO
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Gay and Lesbian, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Males, Outpatient, Seniors/Older Adults, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Prairie Land Recovery Counseling Ctr Wray, CO 52.3 miles from Burlington
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Males, Outpatient, Seniors/Older Adults, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
Pathways to Freedom LLC Wray, CO 54.7 miles from Burlington
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Thomas Cnty Alcohol Drug Abuse Council Colby, KS 63.2 miles from Burlington
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Gay and Lesbian, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Seniors/Older Adults
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Thomas Cnty Alc Drug Abuse Council Inc Colby, KS 67.0 miles from Burlington
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Halfway House, Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Southeast CO for Drug Free Communities Lamar, CO 95.0 miles from Burlington
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
ABC Counseling Center Fort Morgan, CO 101.9 miles from Burlington
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Gay and Lesbian, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Seniors/Older Adults, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Avery Counseling Fort Morgan, CO 101.9 miles from Burlington
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
High Plains Counseling Fort Morgan, CO 101.9 miles from Burlington
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Gay and Lesbian, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Southeast Mental Health Services Ordway, CO 105.1 miles from Burlington
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Access to Recovery
South Platte Community Counseling Sterling, CO 105.1 miles from Burlington
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Center
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance, Access to Recovery
Region Six Alcohol and Drug Abuse Las Animas, CO 107.3 miles from Burlington
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Recovery Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Outpatient, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Platte River Counseling Fort Morgan, CO 107.9 miles from Burlington
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Counseling and Education Services Grant, NE 108.5 miles from Burlington
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Centennial Mental Health Center Inc Akron, CO 109.5 miles from Burlington
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
25 Judicial District Youth Services Garden City, KS 121.6 miles from Burlington
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
City on a Hill Garden City, KS 121.6 miles from Burlington
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)

Did You Know? ...
Interesting Facts and Statistics:

If swallowed with alcohol, cocaine?s effects peak in 30 minutes and last about 3 hours.

The average age of first daily smoking among new daily smokers aged 12 to 49 in 2008 was 20.1 years. This was not significantly different from the average in 2007 (19.2 years).

In 2005, adults with MDE in the past year were more likely than those without MDE to have used an illegal drug in the past year (26.8 vs. 12.7 percent). A similar pattern was observed for specific types of past year illegal drug use, such as marijuana, cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, inhalants, and the nonmedical use of prescription-type psychotherapeutics.

The rate of current cocaine use in 1996 was highest among Americans ages 18 to 25 at 2.0 percent.

Ecstasy is one of the most widely used recreational drugs in the world and is taken in a variety of settings.

Psychotherapeutics include the nonmedical use of any prescription type pain relievers, tranquilizers, stimulants, or sedatives. Over the counter substances are not included. In 2008, there were 2.5 million persons aged 12 or older who used psychotherapeutics nonmedically for the first time within the past year, which averages out to around 7,000 initiates per day. This annual estimate of the initiates of psychotherapeutics was significantly lower than the 2004 estimate (2.8 million). In 2008, the numbers of new users of specific classes of psychotherapeutics were 2.2 million for pain relievers, 1.1 million for tranquilizers, 599,000 for stimulants, and 181,000 for sedatives. There was a significant decrease in the number of past year initiates of stimulants from 2006 (845,000) to 2008 (599,000), but there were no significant changes in the estimates for the remaining psychotherapeutics between these years.


Strong support groups and sober friends are very helpful for recovering Alcoholics after rehab. Alcoholics Anonymous provides meetings that recovering alcoholics can attend to help stay focused on their sobriety. You can find AA meetings at the following locations in Burlington:

Rock Bottom
Kit Carson Correctional Center
Burlington, Colorado 80807

AA Meeting Days and Times
Thursday, 2:15 PM
The following survey was completed by residents of Burlington, Colorado as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Burlington, Colorado. We cannot guarantee complete accuracy, but our monitoring team uses the highest standards for survey compilation.
You do not have to answer all of the survey questions, you should only answer questions that are relevant to your thoughts and experiences.
Survey results as of May 1, 2012
Perception of marijuana in Burlington, Colorado.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
Marijuana use in Burlington, Colorado.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
Perception of Alcohol in Burlington, Colorado.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Burlington, Colorado?
Boredom
Curiousity
Drugs were all around
Family problem
Hopelessness
It was easy to get
None of the above
Peer Pressure
To fit in
Unhappiness
Most common first drug experience in Burlington, Colorado?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
Use of drugs and alcohol in Burlington, Colorado schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Burlington, Colorado under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
Have you ever gone to school in Burlington, Colorado under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
What is the most common drug used in your school in Burlington, Colorado?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
Your Gender?
Female
Male
Surveys updated monthly.

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