Lithonia, Georgia

Lithonia, Georgia, in De Kalb county, is 16 miles E of Atlanta, Georgia. The city is considered part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. Lithonia has a population of 2,187.

The People and Families of Lithonia

In Lithonia, about 26% of adults are married. Households are larger than most, which is consistent with the family emphasis of the city. One thing visitors notice about the city is the large number of young children, especially babies and pre-school kids. Lithonia is known for its large population of single adults.

There is an unusually large share of women in the city.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Lithonia had a median family income of $24,792.

Political Inclinations

In the 2004 election, John Kerry was the top Presidential fund-raiser in Lithonia ($8,975). Residents gave more to the Democratic party than any of the others.

Lithonia Housing

About 33% of housing units in Lithonia are owner-occupied. Many residents rent one-bedroom or studio apartments.

Commuting

In Lithonia, 84% of commuters drive to work. Residents of Lithonia, taking advantage of public transportation, try to avoid being as dependent on their cars as people in some other places.

High Points

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

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Public Transportation Use
(vs. Peers)
Top 2%Lithonia Public Transportation Use
Racial Diversity
(vs. Peers)
Top 10%Lithonia Racial Diversity


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

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



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If you or a loved one living in Lithonia 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 Lithonia, Georgia; 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 Lithonia Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Rehab Program that will best be suited to your individual needs.

The different types of drug treatment in Lithonia, GA. can include holistic drug and alcohol rehabilitation, Short-term Drug Rehabilitation Facilities, Long-term Addiction Treatment, Outpatient Drug Rehabilitation Facilities, Inpatient Addiction Treatment Programs, partial hospitalization, and sober living just to name a few. The type of Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Center 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 Lithonia, Georgia 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 Lithonia 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 Lithonia, GA. rehabilitation treatment process toward recovery from a drug and alcohol addiction. The main goal in this component of the Lithonia Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Center 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 Lithonia, GA. in drug detox that has combined different drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, heroin, or pain pills with alcohol.

When an individual from Lithonia 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 Lithonia, Georgia 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 Lithonia have professional supervision during the detox process is because the staff at a Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Treatment Facility 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 Lithonia will then be able to begin a directed, Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehab Program 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 Lithonia, GA. 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 Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Treatment Program process, they may have already made repeated promises to their loved ones in Lithonia 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 Lithonia, Georgia 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 a Drug Rehab or Alcohol Treatment Program, the individual from Lithonia 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 Lithonia, GA. 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 Lithonia, 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 Lithonia, Georgia Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Center request form and we will contact you at the soonest available opportunity.

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

Integrated Life Center Inc Stone Mountain, GA 6.0 miles from Lithonia
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance
GRN Community Service Board Conyers, GA 6.4 miles from Lithonia
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Center
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, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Rockdale House for Men Conyers, GA 6.4 miles from Lithonia
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Center
Services Offered: Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Alliance Recovery Center Conyers Conyers, GA 7.0 miles from Lithonia
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab
Services Offered: Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Atlanta Intervention Network Inc Conyers, GA 7.0 miles from Lithonia
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
ConRoc Inc Conyers, GA 7.0 miles from Lithonia
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Rockdale Mental Health Center Conyers, GA 7.0 miles from Lithonia
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment 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, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Breakthru House Inc Decatur, GA 8.7 miles from Lithonia
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Program
Services Offered: Halfway House, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Newport Intergrated Behav Hlthcare Inc Decatur, GA 8.7 miles from Lithonia
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Odyssey Adolescent Services Decatur, GA 8.7 miles from Lithonia
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Program
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, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
STAND Inc Decatur, GA 8.7 miles from Lithonia
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Halfway House, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Our Common Welfare Inc Decatur, GA 9.5 miles from Lithonia
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Gay and Lesbian, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Males, Outpatient, Females
Alliance Recovery Center Decatur, GA 11.0 miles from Lithonia
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
DeKalb Addiction Clinic Decatur, GA 11.0 miles from Lithonia
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Faciltity
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, Males, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Integrated Life Center Decatur, GA 11.0 miles from Lithonia
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Residential Beds for Children, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Halfway House, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance
New Learning Center Decatur, GA 11.0 miles from Lithonia
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mental Health Services, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid
GRN Recovery Center Snellville, GA 12.0 miles from Lithonia
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Lakeland Centres Atlanta Norcross, GA 13.7 miles from Lithonia
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Dekalb Community Service Board Atlanta, GA 13.9 miles from Lithonia
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab Center
Services Offered: Mental Health Services, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Seniors/Older Adults
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
New Start Drug Treatment Center Atlanta, GA 13.9 miles from Lithonia
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Males, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)

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

Attending a quality drug rehab addiction treatment will support the recovering addict as they begin to make healthy lifestyle changes, manage feelings and develop coping tools and drug refusal skills. In addition, the individual will learn to identify many of the relapse warning signs and challenge thoughts that may lead to a drug relapse.

The various brands of bath salts are currently being sold in 50milligram to 500 milligram packets.

Between 2002 and 2005, there was no change in the number of persons with substance dependence or abuse (22.0 million in 2002, 21.6 million in 2003, 22.5 million in 2004, and 22.2 million in 2005).

In the past, very few of the milligrams found in a ?bag? or single dose were likely to be heroin as most of the bag was filled with such additives as milk sugar, powdered milk, or quinine.

Increases in the perceived risk of using a substance often are associated with decreases in the rate of use of that substance. Looking over the 5-year period, the proportion of teens aged 12 to 17 who reported perceiving great risk from smoking one or more packs of cigarettes per day increased from 63.1 percent in 2002 to 68.7 percent in 2006. The rate of past month cigarette smoking among teens aged 12 to 17 dropped from 13.0 to 10.4 percent during the same period.

In 2005, the use of smokeless tobacco in the past month was reported by 3.5 percent of persons aged 18 or older who had not completed high school, 4.3 percent of those who completed high school but did not attend college, and 3.4 percent of those who attended some college. The prevalence among college graduates (1.9 percent) was lower than among the other groups.


The following survey was completed by residents of Lithonia, Georgia as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Lithonia, 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 Lithonia, Georgia.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
Marijuana use in Lithonia, Georgia.
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 Lithonia, Georgia.
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 Lithonia, 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
Most common first drug experience in Lithonia, Georgia?
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 Lithonia, Georgia schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Lithonia, Georgia under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
Have you ever gone to school in Lithonia, Georgia under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
What is the most common drug used in your school in Lithonia, Georgia?
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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