Gumlog, GA Profile

Gumlog, GA, population 2,025 , is located in Georgia's Franklin county, about 40.1 miles from Athens and 90.0 miles from Atlanta.

In the 90's the population of Gumlog has grown by about 38%.

Gumlog Statistics Gumlog Gender Information

Males in Gumlog: 1,002 (49%)
Females in Gumlog: 1,023 (51%)

As % of Population in Gumlog in Gumlog    

Race Diversity in Gumlog

White: 93%
African American: 4%
Native American: 1%
Other/Mixed: 2%

As % of Population in Gumlog in Gumlog        

Age Diversity in Gumlog

Median Age in Gumlog: 43.2 (Males in Gumlog: 42.8, Females in Gumlog: 43.7)

Gumlog Males Under 20: 11%     Gumlog Females Under 20: 11% Gumlog Males 20 to 40: 11%     Gumlog Females 20 to 40: 11% Gumlog Males 40 to 60: 15%     Gumlog Females 40 to 60: 15% Gumlog Males Over 60: 12%     Gumlog Females Over 60: 13%

Economics in Gumlog in Gumlog

Gumlog Household Average Size: 2.39 people
Gumlog Median Household Income: $ 39,609
Gumlog Median Value of Homes: $ 118,400


Gumlog Location Information
Elevation: 720 feet above sea level. Land Area: 13.6 Square Miles. Water Area: 2.7 Square Miles.
Nearby Towns & Cities to Gumlog Lavonia 3.9 Miles Martin 5.0 Miles Avalon 5.7 Miles Bowersville 8.3 Miles Canon 10.1 Miles Reed Creek 10.3 Miles Carnesville 11.6 Miles Westminster 12.0 Miles Hartwell 13.4 Miles Royston 14.2 Miles Big Cities Nearest Gumlog (Population 100,000+) Athens 40.1 Miles Atlanta 90.0 Miles Augusta 95.5 Miles Knoxville 111.8 Miles Columbia 122.7 Miles Chattanooga 131.4 Miles Charlotte 137.6 Miles Columbus 177.9 Miles Winston-Salem 195.7 Miles Huntsville 199.3 Miles

The listings in Gumlog, Georgia and surrounding areas provide the following services:

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



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Do you or someone you care about live in Gumlog, Georgia and have an addiction to drugs or alcohol? Have you failed at trying to help someone with drug or alcohol addiction in Gumlog and have lost all hope? Drug and alcohol addiction are an epidemic in our society today. Someone who is addicted to drugs or alcohol is just existing, not living. This can be a very sad and depressing existence to say the least. But all is not lost, and there are ways to treat addiction that actually work. The way out can be found at a Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Program in Gumlog that will suit your treatment needs.

The reason a Drug Rehab or Alcohol Treatment Center in Gumlog works for the treatment of drug addiction and alcoholism is because the individual will learn to overcome problems in life by confronting them, not by numbing them with drugs and alcohol. Once the individual starts confronting and handling life situations, they realize that they can actually cope with their problems and don't feel the need to compound them with drugs or alcohol.

Each individual is different, and there are a variety of treatment programs available in Gumlog to cater to individual needs. For example, there are Outpatient Addiction Treatment Centers, Short-term Addiction Treatment Facilities, Long-term Drug Treatment, Inpatient Drug Rehab Programs, support group meetings, drug counseling, halfway houses and sober living.

The two main aspects of addiction, physical and psychological, are what the individual will be addressing during the course of treatment at an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Program in Gumlog. Individuals will first begin by addressing the aspect of physical addiction by taking part in a detoxification program in Gumlog, Georgia, which will help with the uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms that ensue when a person stops using drugs or alcohol. The brain adapts to the use of a psychoactive substance over time, which lessens the effect of the drug. This is how physical tolerance to drugs such as heroin, amphetamines, cocaine, nicotine and alcohol develops. This is why someone using drugs has to take more and more of the substance to get the same effect. Abruptly stopping substance use is what causes the uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms. These symptoms could last for days, weeks or even months depending on the individual's history of abuse. Hardcore drugs such as heroin have a particularly long and painful withdrawal period.

Right off the bat, an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Facility in Gumlog will get the individual started on a professional detoxification accompanied by psychological counseling. At the root of the individual's addiction to drugs or alcohol are these psychological issues. Once addressed, the individual's chances of relapse are decreased markedly.

Due to the structured environment and comprehensive program that an Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Rehab Program in Gumlog, GA. offers, it truly is the most successful method for treating drug and alcohol addiction. There is no stone left unturned, every area where the individual is having problems in life will be addressed.

As part of treatment in Gumlog, GA., the individual will be trained on how to react appropriately to situations in life and how to change his behavior patterns. Staff of an Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Rehab Facility in Gumlog will work with the individual on how to respond to his environment, friends, family etc. when he returns home upon completion of treatment. It is expected that the individual will be able to appropriately handle the things which may have initially triggered his drug use. If not, these influences may produce psychological stressors which can cause the person to relapse. That is why professional treatment to address these psychological stressors is such an important aspect of the individual's recovery.

After having discontinued use of drugs or alcohol, research has shown that an addict's brain changes the ways it functions and responds to situations. This is yet another reason it is vital to seek professional help at a Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehab Program in Gumlog, GA., instead of trying to stop on one's own. There is so much for an addict to overcome to achieve sobriety. It is no easy task, even with help. Seeking help at an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Facility in Gumlog, GA. is an addict's best bet for a successful recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. If you or someone you know is ready for a new life free of drugs and alcohol, find out what treatment options are available at a Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Program in Gumlog. No time is better than the present to end the cycle of addiction and all of the destruction that it creates. Help is waiting for you or someone you love today.

Getting Help

Call toll free 855 Stop-Drugs (855-786-7378) and speak to a professional Registered Addiction Specialist or simply fill out the Gumlog, Georgia Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Center request form and counselor will contact you shortly.

There are no listings in Gumlog, GA. so we have provided the 20 closest treatment facilities arranged by distance from Gumlog, Georgia:

Georgia Mountains Community Services Blairsville, GA 7.0 miles from Gumlog
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol 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, Mental Health Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Avita Community Partners Blairsville, GA 7.4 miles from Gumlog
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Autumn Halls of Unaka Murphy, NC 12.8 miles from Gumlog
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Mental Health Services, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare
Murphy Counseling Services Murphy, NC 12.8 miles from Gumlog
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Seniors/Older Adults, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Appalachian Community Services Murphy, NC 15.1 miles from Gumlog
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Family Mental Health PA Franklin, NC 33.2 miles from Gumlog
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Mental Health Professional Division Franklin, NC 33.2 miles from Gumlog
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Center
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Meridian Behavioral Health Services Franklin, NC 33.2 miles from Gumlog
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Program
Services Offered: Mental Health Services, Outpatient
Dawson County Mental Health Dawsonville, GA 37.5 miles from Gumlog
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Mental Health Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
Hiwassee Mental Health Madisonville, TN 43.5 miles from Gumlog
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, 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), Access to Recovery
Laurelwood Hospital Gainesville, GA 43.9 miles from Gumlog
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Pittard Clinic Toccoa, GA 44.8 miles from Gumlog
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Gay and Lesbian, Methadone Maintenance, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Seniors/Older Adults, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Lanier Treatment Center Gainesville, GA 46.1 miles from Gumlog
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Stephens County Mental Health Center Toccoa, GA 46.4 miles from Gumlog
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab 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, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Smoky Mountain Counseling Center Bryson City, NC 47.3 miles from Gumlog
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Gateway Waynesville, NC 47.3 miles from Gumlog
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Unity Healing Center Cherokee, NC 49.3 miles from Gumlog
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Meridian Behavioral Health Sylva, NC 49.3 miles from Gumlog
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, 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)
Forsyth County Mental Health Cumming, GA 52.2 miles from Gumlog
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid
Action Counseling and Consulting Cleveland, TN 54.4 miles from Gumlog
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Access to Recovery
Did You Know? ...
Interesting Facts and Statistics:

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Methamphetamine causes direct complications to the dopamine system which is directly associated with reduced motor skills and impaired verbal learning.

Longer duration benzodiazepines such as Xanax are often being prescribed to treat insomnia in patients that report daytime anxiety.

OxyContin is the brand name for oxycodone hydrochloride, an opioid (narcotic) analgesic (pain reliever).

Three quarters of all heroin brought into the United States comes from South America and Mexico (with South America making up the majority of this amount)

Young adults aged 18 to 22 enrolled full time in college were more likely than their peers not enrolled full time (i.e., part-time college students and persons not currently enrolled in college) to use alcohol in the past month, binge drink, and drink heavily. Past month alcohol use was reported by 66.4 percent of full-time college students compared with 54.1 percent of persons aged 18 to 22 who were not enrolled full time. Binge and heavy use rates for college students were 45.5 and 19.0 percent, respectively, compared with 38.4 and 13.3 percent, respectively, for 18 to 22 year olds not enrolled full time in college.


The following survey was completed by residents of Gumlog, Georgia as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Gumlog, Georgia. 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 Gumlog, Georgia.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
98%
0%
2%
Marijuana use in Gumlog, Georgia.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
78%
22%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
83%
17%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
3%
95%
2%
Perception of Alcohol in Gumlog, Georgia.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
2%
3%
95%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
82%
18%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
88%
12%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
8%
1%
63%
28%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Gumlog, Georgia?
Boredom
Curiousity
Drugs were all around
Family problem
Hopelessness
It was easy to get
None of the above
Peer Pressure
To fit in
Unhappiness
10%
7%
2%
2%
8%
2%
56%
11%
2%
0%
Most common first drug experience in Gumlog, Georgia?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
22%
3%
2%
6%
3%
4%
11%
4%
10%
5%
21%
9%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Gumlog, Georgia schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Gumlog, Georgia under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
12%
84%
4%
Have you ever gone to school in Gumlog, Georgia under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
5%
88%
7%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Gumlog, Georgia?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
19%
2%
3%
6%
2%
5%
13%
4%
12%
6%
20%
8%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
5%
24%
45%
26%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
92%
8%
Surveys updated monthly.

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