Watkinsville, Georgia

Watkinsville, Georgia, in Oconee county, is 7 miles S of Athens, Georgia (center to center) and 56 miles E of Atlanta, Georgia. Part of the surrounding Athens metro area, the town is not an isolated town. Watkinsville is home to some 2,097 residents.

The People and Families of Watkinsville

In Watkinsville, about 58% of adults are married.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Watkinsville had a median family income of $55,170. More so than most places, the people in Watkinsville generally have good jobs with good salaries. The large segment of the population in the town with spending money keeps the town vital. Fewer people in Watkinsville are poor than in most places in Georgia. Impressively, having a college education is normal in the town. It's worth saying that successful single folks are not uncommon in Watkinsville.

Political Inclinations

George W. Bush was the top money-getter ($24,700) among 2004 Presidential candidates in Watkinsville. The Republican party stood out in its ability to raise compaign money in the town.

Watkinsville Housing

According to the 2000 census, 72% of the housing in Watkinsville was owner-occupied. On average, homes in the town have gone up relatively recently. If you want a nice house, or any home in a nice town, you usually need to pay higher property taxes. It's no different here.

Commuting

In Watkinsville, 97% of commuters drive to work.

High Points

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

CategoryTrophy
College Educated Adults
(vs. Peers)
Top 6%Watkinsville College Educated Adults
Low Rate of Poverty
(vs. State)
Top 6%Watkinsville Low Rate of Poverty
People in Middle Class or Better
(vs. State)
Top 8%Watkinsville People in Middle Class or Better
Median Family Income
(vs. State)
Top 9%Watkinsville Median Family Income
Well-Paid Single Men
(vs. State)
Top 10%Watkinsville Well-Paid Single Men
Well-Paid Single Women
(vs. Peers)
Top 11%Watkinsville Well-Paid Single Women
Low Violent Crime
(vs. State)
Top 16%Watkinsville Low Violent Crime


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

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



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Do you or someone you care about live in Watkinsville, Georgia and have an addiction to drugs or alcohol? Have you failed at trying to help someone with drug or alcohol addiction in Watkinsville 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 an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Program in Watkinsville that will suit your treatment needs.

The reason a Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Treatment Center in Watkinsville 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 Watkinsville to cater to individual needs. For example, there are Outpatient Drug Rehabs, Short-term Drug Rehabilitation, Long-term Drug Rehabilitation Programs, Inpatient Drug Rehabilitation Facilities, 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 a Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Center in Watkinsville. Individuals will first begin by addressing the aspect of physical addiction by taking part in a detoxification program in Watkinsville, 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 Watkinsville 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 Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Facility in Watkinsville, 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 Watkinsville, 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 Rehab or Drug Treatment Center in Watkinsville 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 an Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Center in Watkinsville, 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 a Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility in Watkinsville, 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 Rehabilitation or Alcohol Treatment Program in Watkinsville. 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 Watkinsville, Georgia Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehabilitation Center request form and counselor will contact you shortly.

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

Georgia Therapy Associates Athens, GA 9.9 miles from Watkinsville
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Athens Area Athens, GA 10.4 miles from Watkinsville
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Family Counseling Service of Athens Athens, GA 10.4 miles from Watkinsville
Primary Service: Drug 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, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Georgia Therapy Associates Inc Athens, GA 10.9 miles from Watkinsville
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Advantage Behavioral Health Systems Athens, GA 13.0 miles from Watkinsville
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Halfway House, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
DM and ADR Inc Athens, GA 13.7 miles from Watkinsville
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Penfield Christians Homes Inc Union Point, GA 18.3 miles from Watkinsville
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Seniors/Older Adults
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Project Adam Winder, GA 21.9 miles from Watkinsville
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Recovery Center
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Halfway House, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Potters House Jefferson, GA 23.8 miles from Watkinsville
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Halfway House, Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Robert W Dail Memorial Commerce, GA 28.7 miles from Watkinsville
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Medicine Wheel Clinic Auburn, GA 29.9 miles from Watkinsville
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Facility
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Gran Recovery Center Covington, GA 33.7 miles from Watkinsville
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Males, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Family Recovery Lawrenceville, GA 34.1 miles from Watkinsville
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, 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, Private health insurance
GRN Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program Lawrenceville, GA 34.1 miles from Watkinsville
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center
Services Offered: 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)
Summitridge Center for Psychiatry and Lawrenceville, GA 34.1 miles from Watkinsville
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, 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)
GRN Community Service Board Conyers, GA 35.9 miles from Watkinsville
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment 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, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Rockdale House for Men Conyers, GA 35.9 miles from Watkinsville
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
GRN Recovery Center Snellville, GA 36.0 miles from Watkinsville
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Facility
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)
Alliance Recovery Center Conyers Conyers, GA 37.3 miles from Watkinsville
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Center
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 37.3 miles from Watkinsville
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance

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

Research with cocaine has shown that all laboratory animals can become compulsive cocaine users. Animals will work more persistently at pressing a bar for cocaine than for any drug, including opiates. An addicted monkey pressed the bar 12,800 times until it got a single dose of cocaine. If the animal survives, it will return to the task of obtaining more cocaine.

According to some of the latest research that was conducted by the Drug Abuse Warning Network (DAWN), nearly two million visits to emergency departments in the United States reportedly involved the use of some type of illegal drugs.

Rates of current use of illegal drugs were higher for young adults aged 18 to 25 (19.8 percent) than for teens aged 12 to 17 and adults aged 26 or older, with 16.3 percent using marijuana, 6.4 percent using prescription type drugs nonmedically, 2.2 percent using cocaine, and 1.7 percent using hallucinogens.

According to government statistics that were made available during 2004, deaths involving prescription drug that are opioid analgesics, rose 160 percent during a span of 5 years. During 2004, opioid painkiller abuse deaths far outnumbered the total number of deaths that were related to heroin and cocaine use.

The long term consequences of Ketamine use may include: addiction, flashbacks, memory problems, and the possible development of psychotic illnesses.

An estimated 0.7% of all state inmates are behind bars for marijuana possession only (with many of them pleading down from more serious crimes).


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 Watkinsville:

Oconee Co.
First Methodist Church
Macon Hwy At New High Shoals Rd
Watkinsville, Georgia 30677

AA Meeting Days and Times
Tuesday, 7:00 PM
Friday, 7:00 PM
The following survey was completed by residents of Watkinsville, Georgia as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Watkinsville, 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 Watkinsville, Georgia.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
77%
10%
13%
Marijuana use in Watkinsville, Georgia.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
90%
10%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
94%
6%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
10%
85%
5%
Perception of Alcohol in Watkinsville, Georgia.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
17%
8%
75%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
95%
5%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
7%
82%
11%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
6%
6%
67%
21%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Watkinsville, 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
12%
29%
3%
1%
5%
0%
31%
9%
0%
10%
Most common first drug experience in Watkinsville, Georgia?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
20%
2%
3%
6%
2%
5%
11%
4%
7%
7%
26%
7%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Watkinsville, Georgia schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Watkinsville, Georgia under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
10%
79%
11%
Have you ever gone to school in Watkinsville, Georgia under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
2%
96%
2%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Watkinsville, Georgia?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
19%
2%
2%
5%
3%
3%
12%
2%
11%
4%
30%
7%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
3%
22%
53%
22%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
52%
48%
Surveys updated monthly.

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