Helena, Georgia

Helena, Georgia, in Telfair county, is 67 miles SE of Macon, Georgia (center to center) and 141 miles NW of Jacksonville, Florida. As of the year 2000 census, 2,307 people lived in Helena.

The People and Families of Helena

In Helena, about 19% of adults are married. Helena is a place where you'll find a lot of people living alone in their apartments or homes. It's not a place just for families. Though it's not a singles bar, single people will feel at home in the city; the city has more single adults than most places of its size.

Helena is noted for its large share of males.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Helena had a median family income of $25,543. (Whether or not they're interested in marriage, it's worth noting that there are a lot of high-income single people in Helena.)

Helena Housing

An estimated 68% of living spaces in Helena are occupied by their owners, not by renters. Property values, and taxes, are on the low side in the city compared to other places in the state.

Commuting

In Helena, 97% of commuters drive to work. You might spend less time in the car if you live in Helena; people report shorter commutes than most.

High Points

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

CategoryTrophy
Racial Diversity
(vs. Peers)
Top 5%Helena Racial Diversity
Affordability of Property Taxes
(vs. State)
Top 7%Helena Affordability of Property Taxes
Well-Paid Single Men
(vs. Peers)
Top 9%Helena Well-Paid Single Men
Short Commute Times
(vs. State)
Top 9%Helena Short Commute Times
Low Property Crime
(vs. State)
Top 10%Helena Low Property Crime
Affordability of Rents
(vs. Peers)
Top 17%Helena Affordability of Rents


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

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



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Are drugs and alcohol creating destruction in your life in Helena, GA.? Do you know of someone in Helena, GA. that is going down the dark path of drug or alcohol addiction? It is very easy for someone to fall into the trap of addiction, but an individual soon realizes that it is extremely difficult to kick an addiction. That is where a Drug Rehab or Alcohol Treatment Program in Helena comes in, to assist with the seemingly impossible task of treating individuals who have lost hope at ever being sober and happy again.

A Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Treatment Program in Helena treats drug addiction and alcoholism by ingraining in an addict that drugs and alcohol are not the solution to their problems and difficulties in life. It teaches an addict that all of their problems have solutions, solutions that can be found through cognitive reasoning and common sense. A Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Program in Helena would put the individual in the frame of mind to overcome life's obstacles by confronting them head on, and obliterates the person's desire to use drugs as a way out.

There are many different types of in-patient and out-patient treatment programs available in Helena, GA., because each individual has different needs. Examples of programs available in Hele an are Outpatient Addiction Treatment Facilities, Short-term Addiction Treatment Programs, Inpatient Treatment, Long-term Treatment, support group meetings, drug counseling, halfway houses and sober living.

Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Centers in Helena have a two-prong approach to treatment, both the physical and psychological causes and effects of drug and alcohol addiction. As the individual's brain adapts to the use of a psychoactive substance over time, the effect that the drug creates within the body is lessened. Due to this physical tolerance, more and more drugs or alcohol must be consumed to get high or even get a buzz.

The physical aspect of addiction is the first thing an addict will address when making the decision to seek treatment for addiction. A detoxification program in Helena, Georgia delivered by a qualified Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Program will navigate the addict through the uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms that are caused by abruptly coming off of drugs or alcohol. These withdrawal symptoms can last for days, weeks or months; all depending on the drug of choice and individual circumstances. Heroin withdrawal for example will take a considerable amount of time to detox and is a highly painful and uncomfortable process. Detoxification and psychological counseling right from get-go will put the individual on the right path to address issues involved with drug and alcohol abuse. This gives the individual a better chance of having a lasting recovery and prevents relapse.

An Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Rehab Facility in Helena, GA. takes the individual out of the environment which may have triggered their addiction, and offers an environment that will ensure a successful recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. The individual will be given tools to better handle life situations and triggers which may have caused their drug use. When the individual completes treatment and does return home, he will do so with a new ability to handle triggers, which will no longer have an influence over him, his actions and behavior.

People who have abused drugs and alcohol shows changes in their brain. Research shows that these changes in the brain effect how an addict responds to situations. Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Facilities are aware of this and know that an addict will need more than high hopes to beat addiction. This is yet another reason why professional treatment at an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Program in Helena, GA. is so important.

There are a lot of reasons to seek treatment today, mainly because most people who try to kick the habit on their own will fail and just start using drugs or alcohol again. Tackling addiction and getting control of your life can be achieved by seeking treatment at a Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehabilitation Program in Helena, GA. It doesn't have to be another failure, sobriety can be achieved with the right technology and the care and support of people who want to see you winning again. Don't think about it, do something about it and get your life or the life of someone you care about on the road to a sober and happy life today. Treatment can begin immediately by finding which option is best for you at one of the many Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Programs in Helena, GA.

Getting Help

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

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

Community Mental Health Center Eastman, GA 15.9 miles from Helena
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, 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, Medicare, Private health insurance
Mental Health Alcohol and Drug Dublin, GA 23.3 miles from Helena
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Middle GA Adolescent Residential Ctr Dublin, GA 23.3 miles from Helena
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
Twin Oaks Dublin, GA 23.3 miles from Helena
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Faciltity
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Quentin Price MD Dublin, GA 25.6 miles from Helena
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
Step One Recovery Center Dublin, GA 25.6 miles from Helena
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Satilla Community Services Douglas, GA 43.6 miles from Helena
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab
Services Offered: 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)
Ogeechee Behavioral Health Millen, GA 46.3 miles from Helena
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, 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
Turner County Behavioral Hlth Servs of Ashburn, GA 49.8 miles from Helena
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, 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)
Healthqwest Warner Robins, GA 52.8 miles from Helena
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Program
Services Offered: Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Penfield Christian Homes Inc Alapaha, GA 53.7 miles from Helena
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Facility
Services Offered: Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Lakeside Addiction Recovery Center Tifton, GA 55.1 miles from Helena
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
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, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Phoenix Center Behavioral Health Servs Fort Valley, GA 55.2 miles from Helena
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Persons with HIV/AIDS, 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)
Tifton Addiction Associates LLC Tifton, GA 57.1 miles from Helena
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Center
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Oconee Center Sandersville, GA 59.2 miles from Helena
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Program
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
Macon New Start Macon, GA 60.1 miles from Helena
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
River Edge BHC Macon, GA 60.1 miles from Helena
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
River Edge Recovery Center Macon, GA 60.1 miles from Helena
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid
GPA Treatment of Macon Inc Macon, GA 62.5 miles from Helena
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
River Edge Behavioral Health Center Macon, GA 62.5 miles from Helena
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug 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
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)

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

The rates of binge alcohol use among teens aged 12 to 17 were 11.2 percent in nonmetropolitan areas, 9.8 percent in small metropolitan areas, and 10.3 percent in large metropolitan areas, where the rate increased from 9.3 percent in 2005. In completely rural counties of nonmetropolitan areas, 12.2 percent of teens reported binge drinking in 2006.

Of over 5 million people in the United States today with a moderate to severe drug or alcohol addiction, only about 2 million of them will receive effective drug rehab treatment-that figure represents about a 60 percent gap.

For those in the upper ranks of heroin trafficking, business can be enormously lucrative. For decades the Mafia has been involved in heroin trafficking operations, including the "French Connection" of the 1950s and 1960s and the more recent "Pizza Connection," which used pizza parlors as fronts. Other trafficking groups are more loosely based on ethnic or national ties; for example, groups of Chinese, Thai, Nigerian, or Mexican nationals have operated in different parts of the country.

Among people who needed but did not receive treatment and felt they needed treatment for a substance use problem, the most often reported reasons for not receiving treatment were not ready to stop using (40.0 percent) and cost or insurance barriers (34.5 percent). However, among the people who made an effort but were unable to get treatment, 42.5 percent reported cost or insurance barriers, and only 25.3 percent reported that they were not ready to stop using. These results are based on 2003 and 2004 combined data.

Of the more than 4,000 people who died of a heroin-related overdose in 2006, almost 80% came as a result of complications due to combining heroin with alcohol or other drugs.

Abuse of prescription drugs is a problem that affects people of all income levels and ages. Quite often the last person to acknowledge that there is an addiction problem is the addict. Families will often try to help their loved ones to have a moment of clarity concerning their drug or alcohol addiction.


The following survey was completed by residents of Helena, Georgia as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Helena, 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 Helena, Georgia.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
87%
10%
3%
Marijuana use in Helena, Georgia.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
83%
17%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
82%
18%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
4%
93%
3%
Perception of Alcohol in Helena, Georgia.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
3%
4%
93%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
92%
8%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
3%
95%
2%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
2%
9%
64%
25%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Helena, 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
6%
0%
2%
4%
2%
3%
72%
5%
3%
3%
Most common first drug experience in Helena, Georgia?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
17%
4%
3%
7%
3%
5%
15%
2%
12%
9%
13%
10%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Helena, Georgia schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Helena, Georgia under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
5%
80%
15%
Have you ever gone to school in Helena, Georgia under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
94%
6%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Helena, Georgia?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
20%
6%
2%
7%
2%
5%
11%
3%
12%
9%
13%
10%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
2%
30%
44%
24%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
8%
92%
Surveys updated monthly.

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