Oak Park, Illinois

Oak Park, Illinois, in Cook county, is 7 miles W of Chicago, Illinois. The village is in the Chicago area. There are 52,524 residents in Oak Park.

The People and Families of Oak Park

In Oak Park, about 49% of adults are married. In Oak Park, more so than in most villages, people can be found in one-person households.

Women are better represented than men in the village.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Oak Park had a median family income of $81,703. Most of the residents of Oak Park tend to have good incomes. In the village, most people are middle class or better. It's worth noting that college degrees are common in Oak Park. Lots of residents of the village prove that it's possible to work from home regularly. People say that Oak Park is full of unmarried people with good incomes.

Political Inclinations

Oak Park folks tended to give their money ($160,382) to John Kerry in the 2004 Presidential race. More campaign money flowed to the Democratic party than to competing parties.

Oak Park Housing

As of 2000, the share of housing units in Oak Park that were owner-occupied was 56%. Homes in this community tend to be somewhat older than those in other areas. People on their own appreciate the studio and one-bedroom apartments in Oak Park. As a whole, property taxes tend toward the pricey side in the village, but this often equates to better schools and government services.

Commuting

In Oak Park, 68% of commuters drive to work. Oak Park offers good opportunities for biking and walking, so if you're out of shape give those a try. More folks in the village use public transportation than most people elsewhere.

Nearby Cities and Towns

LocationPop.Median Family
Income (2000)
Oak Park52,524$81,703
Berwyn54,016$51,767
Cicero85,616$40,883
Elmwood Park25,405$58,358
Forest Park15,688$52,611
Maywood26,987$46,776
River Forest11,635$122,155

High Points

Oak Park strengths, compared to Peers (similar size places nationally) or State (other places in Illinois):

CategoryTrophy
Public Transportation Use
(vs. Peers)		Top 2%Oak Park Public Transportation Use
Well-Paid Single Women
(vs. Peers)		Top 2%Oak Park Well-Paid Single Women
College Educated Adults
(vs. Peers)		Top 3%Oak Park College Educated Adults
Well-Paid Single Men
(vs. Peers)		Top 5%Oak Park Well-Paid Single Men
Racial Diversity
(vs. State)		Top 9%Oak Park Racial Diversity
Median Family Income
(vs. Peers)		Top 10%Oak Park Median Family Income
Walking and Biking to Work
(vs. State)		Top 11%Oak Park Walking and Biking to Work
People in Middle Class or Better
(vs. Peers)		Top 16%Oak Park People in Middle Class or Better

The listings in Oak Park, Illinois and surrounding areas provide the following services:

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



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If you or a loved one in Oak Park has been struggling with a drug or alcohol addiction, chances are you feel helpless and do not even know where to begin to look for a viable solution. We know what you are going through and our compassionate staff can help you through every step in the process of finding an Oak Park drug or alcohol treatment.

Quality Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Centers are available in and around Oak Park, IL., but you will need help in knowing exactly where to look for treatment. We will help you to know what questions to ask; the most important thing that you should inquire about is the long term success rate of the Oak Park Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Center. By the time an individual from Oak Park, Illinois is ready to get help for their drug or alcohol addiction, they may have already experienced many negative consequences in relation to this toxic lifestyle. Their relatives in Oak Park may have finally come to a place where they could no longer watch the addict self destruct because of their drug or alcohol addiction.

The reason it is so important to have assistance in choosing an Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Program is that there is such a wide array of options in and around Oak Park, Illinois. These drug and alcohol rehabilitation treatment options in Oak Park, Illinois may include Long-term Drug Rehab Facilities, Outpatient Drug Rehab Facilities, Short-term Drug Rehab Facilities, Inpatient Drug Treatment, halfway houses, support group meetings and individual or group drug counseling. Our number one goal is to help you to sort through all of these drug and alcohol rehab options and to help you to find the perfect fit in treatment for you or your loved one in Oak Park.

A quality Oak Park Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility will address the physical and the psychological aspects of the drug or alcohol addiction. The first step in the Oak Park treatment program is the detox; this process will help to rid the body of the toxins that have accumulated during the drug or alcohol addiction. The reason it is so important for an individual from Oak Park, Illinois to have professional assistance during this process is because the staff at the Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment Program can help to alleviate many of the associated withdrawal symptoms.

Withdrawal symptoms occur during detox because the individual from Oak Park used drugs or alcohol consistently and the brain has adapted to the presence of the substance; after a period of time, an individual will have to increase the dosages in order to experience the same effects. This occurs as the individual from Oak Park develops a tolerance to alcohol or various types of drugs such as marijuana, heroin, or cocaine. Depending on the type of drug an individual from Oak Park, Illinois has been addicted to and the length of the addiction, it could be a long time before the body is able to function normally in the absence of the substance.

The way that a Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility in Oak Park, IL. addresses the psychological aspect of the drug or alcohol addiction is generally through some type of counseling or group sessions; relapse prevention is also addressed during treatment. The main objective in utilizing all of these different elements of treatment is to help the individual to return home to Oak Park after completing the Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Facility and be able to live successfully, while remaining sober.

An individual from Oak Park, Illinois that wants to recover from a drug or alcohol addiction, will need to relearn many of the skills that came naturally to them before they started to abuse drugs or alcohol. By the time many individuals from Oak Park get to treatment, they may not even be able to remember the last time that they interacted socially with others while sober; at the Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Facility, they will learn how to, once again, relate to others without the use of drugs or alcohol. Individuals from Oak Park, IL. that attends treatment should be educated in drug relapse prevention techniques; they will learn how to deal with the familiar triggers that they may come into contact with upon returning home. A Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Program will teach the individual from Oak Park how to respond to these triggers without using drugs or alcohol.

Because of the way drugs and alcohol affect the various functions of the brain, most people from Oak Park, Illinois that try to stop using drugs on their own, will be fighting a losing battle. By the time an individual from Oak Park finally succumbs to an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Facility, they have probably experienced failure in this area numerous times. Many times, this is the reason that the individual from Oak Park is able to recognize that they need professional help.

Getting Help

Getting help is the easiest part, just dial toll free 855 Stop-Drugs (855-786-7378), so that you can speak to a registered addiction specialist or simply fill out the Oak Park, Illinois Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Rehab Program request form and a counselor will contact you shortly. Don't wait, call right now, you will be so glad that you did.

There are 5 local Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs in Oak Park, Illinois. We have also provided 15 additional Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Facilities that are closest geographically to Oak Park:

Corporate Health Resource Center Oak Park, IL
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, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Seniors/Older Adults, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Pillars Oak Park, IL
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, 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)
Rush Behavioral Health Center Oak Park, IL
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Halfway House, Hospital Inpatient, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Substance Abuse and Behavioral Oak Park, IL
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Way Back Inn Inc Oak Park, IL
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Recovery Program
Services Offered: Halfway House, Outpatient, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Changes Behavioral Services Inc Maywood, IL 2.6 miles from Oak Park
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab 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, 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, Access to Recovery
Enhanced Clinical Solutions Inc Maywood, IL 2.6 miles from Oak Park
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Access to Recovery
Cathedral Shelter of Chicago Chicago, IL 3.2 miles from Oak Park
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Residential Beds for Children, Halfway House, Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Chicago Treatment and Chicago, IL 3.2 miles from Oak Park
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Community Counseling Center of Chicago Chicago, IL 3.2 miles from Oak Park
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Magnolia House Counseling Center Chicago, IL 3.2 miles from Oak Park
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
McDermott Center Haymarket Center Chicago, IL 3.2 miles from Oak Park
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Residential Beds for Children, Clients With Legal Issues, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
Professional Diagnostic Services SC Chicago, IL 3.2 miles from Oak Park
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Womens Treatment Center Chicago, IL 3.2 miles from Oak Park
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Residential Beds for Children, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Halfway House, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance
Advance PC Substance Abuse Program Chicago, IL 3.5 miles from Oak Park
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Association House of Chicago Chicago, IL 3.5 miles from Oak Park
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Center
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, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare
DUI Counseling Center Chicago, IL 3.5 miles from Oak Park
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
New Horizon Rehabilitation Servs Inc Chicago, IL 3.5 miles from Oak Park
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Program
Services Offered: Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Methadone Maintenance, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Confidential DUI Services Cicero, IL 3.5 miles from Oak Park
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: 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, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Pro Health Advocates Inc Cicero, IL 3.5 miles from Oak Park
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Did You Know? ...
Interesting Facts and Statistics:

During 2001, wholesale prices for South American heroin ranged from $50,000 to $250,000 per kilogram. Southeast and Southwest Asian heroin wholesale prices ranged from $35,000 to $120,000 per kilogram, and Mexican heroin ranged from $15,000 to $65,000 per kilogram. Street-level heroin usually sells for $10 per dose, although prices vary throughout the country.

The FDA reports that between 2000 and 2001, OxyContin has played a role in 464 deaths across the United States.

The rate of current illegal drug use among persons aged 12 or older in 2007 (8.0 percent) was similar to the rate in 2006 (8.3 percent).

The rate of past month alcohol use for people aged 12 or older in 2005 was lower in the South (47.8 percent) than in the Northeast (55.0 percent), Midwest (55.0 percent), or West (52.5 percent). This pattern has remained unchanged since 2002, but the gap between the South and the other regions may be closing because the South was the only region to show a significant increase in its current alcohol use rate between 2004 and 2005. The rate of past month alcohol use in the South in 2004 was 45.1 percent.

Over half (57.6 percent) of past year nonmedical users of stimulants aged 12 or older reported getting the drug from a friend or relative for free. Also, 6.5 percent bought the drug from a drug dealer or other stranger, and 7.2 percent bought it on the Internet. However, compared with overall stimulant users, methamphetamine users were less likely to purchase this stimulant on the Internet (1.5 percent) and more likely to purchase it from a drug dealer or other stranger (17.1 percent). Nearly half (47.7 percent) of past year methamphetamine users reported obtaining the drug from a friend or relative for free.

In 2008, about half (49.2 percent) of the teens aged 12 to 17 reported that it would be "fairly easy" or "very easy" for them to obtain marijuana if they wanted some. One in seven (13.0 percent) indicated that heroin would be "fairly" or "very" easily available, and 13.8 percent reported so for LSD. Between 2002 and 2008, there were decreases in the perceived easy availability of marijuana (from 55.0 to 49.2 percent), cocaine (from 25.0 to 22.1 percent), crack (from 26.5 to 23.2 percent), LSD (from 19.4 to 13.8 percent), and heroin (from 15.8 to 13.0 percent). The perceived availability of the following illegal drugs declined between 2007 and 2008: cocaine from 24.5 to 22.1 percent; crack from 25.3 to 23.2 percent; and heroin from 14.1 to 13.0 percent. However, the perceived availability of marijuana and LSD did not change significantly during the 2 year period.


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 Oak Park:

Annex
Gale Hse
Oak Park, Illinois 60301

AA Meeting Days and Times
Tuesday, 8:00 AM

Austin Recoverer's Group
Resurrection Health Care
1 Erie Ct
Oak Park, Illinois 60302

AA Meeting Days and Times
Monday, 8:00 AM

Choices Step
St Gile's Rectory
1025 Columbian Ave
Oak Park, Illinois 60302

AA Meeting Days and Times
Thursday, 7:30 AM

Daily Reflections
St Christopher Ch
545 Southeast Ave
Oak Park, Illinois 60302

AA Meeting Days and Times
Sunday, 4:30 AM

Discussion & Problem Solving
Gale Hse
Oak Park, Illinois 60301

AA Meeting Days and Times
Thursday, 7:00 AM

Friday Big Book
Good Shepherd Luth Ch
611 Randolph St
Oak Park, Illinois 60302

AA Meeting Days and Times
Friday, 8:00 AM

Grateful On Sunday
Cornerstone United Methodist Ch
171 N Cuyler Ave
Oak Park, Illinois 60302

AA Meeting Days and Times
Sunday, 7:00 AM

Living Room
Gale Hse
Oak Park, Illinois 60301

AA Meeting Days and Times
Sunday, 8:30 AM

Marion
Gale Hse
Oak Park, Illinois 60301

AA Meeting Days and Times
Wednesday, 8:00 AM

Opa
Oak Park Arms
408 S Oak Park Ave
Oak Park, Illinois 60302

AA Meeting Days and Times
Wednesday, 8:00 AM

Quad A
Gale Hse
Oak Park, Illinois 60301

AA Meeting Days and Times
Monday, 7:00 AM
Sunday, 7:00 AM

Tues Night Ascension Library Mtg
Ascension Ch Library
821 Clarence Ave
Oak Park, Illinois 60304

AA Meeting Days and Times
Tuesday, 7:30 AM

Unity One Day At A Time
Gale Hse
Oak Park, Illinois 60301

AA Meeting Days and Times
Monday, 7:30 AM

Village Mallers
Good Shepherd Luth Ch
611 Randolph St
Oak Park, Illinois 60302

AA Meeting Days and Times
Monday, 7:30 AM

Women Only
Grateful Hse
412 S Wesley Ave
Oak Park, Illinois 60302

AA Meeting Days and Times
Sunday, 7:00 AM
The following survey was completed by residents of Oak Park, Illinois as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Oak Park, Illinois. 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 Oak Park, Illinois.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
75%
23%
2%
Marijuana use in Oak Park, Illinois.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
88%
12%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
77%
23%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
98%
2%
Perception of Alcohol in Oak Park, Illinois.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
4%
3%
93%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
87%
13%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
23%
75%
2%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
9%
8%
54%
29%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Oak Park, Illinois?
Boredom
Curiousity
Drugs were all around
Family problem
Hopelessness
It was easy to get
None of the above
Peer Pressure
To fit in
Unhappiness
5%
10%
1%
4%
7%
1%
64%
3%
3%
2%
Most common first drug experience in Oak Park, Illinois?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
19%
2%
3%
7%
3%
5%
15%
4%
12%
9%
11%
10%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Oak Park, Illinois schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Oak Park, Illinois under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
3%
86%
11%
Have you ever gone to school in Oak Park, Illinois under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
4%
91%
5%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Oak Park, Illinois?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
19%
5%
2%
6%
2%
3%
13%
4%
9%
7%
20%
10%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
7%
32%
41%
20%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
95%
5%
Surveys updated monthly.

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