Gardiner, Maine

Gardiner, Maine, in Kennebec county, is 46 miles NE of Portland, Maine (center to center) and 144 miles NE of Boston, Massachusetts. There are 6,198 residents in the city.

The People and Families of Gardiner

In Gardiner, about 53% of adults are married.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Gardiner had a median family income of $42,750.

Political Inclinations

Gardiner folks tended to give their money ($2,450) to John Kerry in the 2004 Presidential race. More campaign money flowed to the Democratic party than to competing parties.

Gardiner Housing

As of 2000, the share of housing units in Gardiner that were owner-occupied was 63%. Homes in this community tend to be somewhat older than those in other areas.

Commuting

In Gardiner, 92% of commuters drive to work.

Nearby Cities and Towns

LocationPop.Median Family
Income (2000)
Gardiner6,198$42,750
Augusta18,560$42,230
Litchfield3,110$42,220
Monmouth3,785$47,616
Richmond3,298$48,125
Sidney3,514$47,281
Winthrop6,232$47,533

High Points

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

CategoryTrophy
Low Violent Crime
(vs. Peers)		Top 13%Gardiner Low Violent Crime
Well-Paid Single Women
(vs. State)		Top 17%Gardiner Well-Paid Single Women

The listings in Gardiner, Maine and surrounding areas provide the following services:

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



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If you or a loved one in Gardiner is currently struggling with a drug or alcohol abuse problem, you do not have to face this dilemma on your own. Our compassionate staff can help to take the guesswork out of finding the best Drug Rehab or Alcohol Treatment Facility that will be perfectly suited to your personal needs and preferences. Why should you or anyone in Gardiner try to handle this on your own, when professional help is so readily available? We have helped many people in Gardiner, Maine to take the first step towards being free from their drug or alcohol addiction, and they are now living successful lives within their community.

An Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Facility can help an individual from Gardiner, ME. that has suffered with a drug and alcohol addiction to make the changes needed to have the ability to live their life drug-free. Drug or alcohol rehab treatment works by first helping the individual from Gardiner, Maine to recognize the existence of a problem and to overcome the irrational thinking that is so commonly associated with a drug or alcohol addiction. An Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment Center will encourage the individual from Gardiner to take full responsibility for their drug or alcohol addiction and will reinforce this knowledge in the recovering addict and help them to see that they are responsible for maintaining their sobriety once they complete the treatment process and return home. This gives the recovering addict from Gardiner, Maine the power over their drug or alcohol addiction and the ability to know they can make their own individual choices.

There are so many types of Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Centers in and around Gardiner, that may include Outpatient Treatment, Short-term Drug Treatment Centers, Long-term Drug Treatment Facilities, Inpatient Drug Treatment Facilities, non-traditional, religious-based, or holistic treatment. A factor that may influence an individual from Gardiner in their choice of treatment options could be due to the fact that they may have already tried a particular Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Center and failed. Various other factors can limit an individual to a specific type of drug or alcohol addiction treatment due to specific situations, and other times the individual from Gardiner can be open to all of the different available options.

The main objective in all of the different types of Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Facilities should be to be able to motivate the individual from Gardiner, ME. to achieve a state of long term abstinence. Additionally, a quality Gardiner Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Rehab Center will have to address all of the aspects of an addiction, including behavioral and social symptoms, and the physical and psychological symptoms that are commonly linked to a drug or alcohol addiction.

The physical aspects of a drug or alcohol addiction are addressed in the detox portion of the Gardiner, Maine treatment program; a quality Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehab Facility will be able to support the individual during the detoxification process and can help the individual to be more comfortable during this difficult process. Drug withdrawal symptoms will occur because the brain has adapted to the presence of the substance; after a period of time; thus the individual will now have to use more of the drug in order to produce the same effects. It is at this point, that the individual from Gardiner, ME. has developed a tolerance to the drugs that they have been taking, whether it is tranquilizers, cocaine, marijuana, and alcohol, or a combination of these substances. Withdrawal symptoms associated with some illicit drugs such as heroin can often produce withdrawal symptoms that may be severe and prolonged.

An effective Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehab Center in Gardiner, Maine will specifically target the psychological issues that are related to the drug or alcohol abuse. The Gardiner, ME. Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Center may incorporate treatment techniques such as counseling and relapse prevention courses. The combination of all these, along with helping the former addict to recognize and cope with familiar drug triggers, can help the individual to finally get to the root of the drug or alcohol addiction; this will provide the individual from Gardiner with the best chance of being able to get sober and to remain that way.

As the individual from Gardiner, ME. becomes educated about the addiction process; they will begin to understand that they did not have a chance to stop using drugs or alcohol without receiving professional help. They will learn about the effects of drug and alcohol abuse on the functions of the brain and come to understand that their not being able to stop using drug was not due to weakness, but instead their body's chemical response to the chronic chemical abuse that was encountered.

Reach out for professional help so that you or someone that you care about in Gardiner that has a substance abuse problem can finally be free from the prison of addiction.

Getting Help

Getting help is the easy part, as we are right here to guide you through the process; just dial toll free 855 Stop-Drugs (855-786-7378); you can have a free consultation with a registered addiction specialist, or just fill out the Gardiner,Maine Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Rehab Facility request form and we will call you shortly.

There are no listings in Gardiner, ME. so we have provided the 20 closest treatment facilities arranged by distance from Gardiner, Maine:

Your Choice Inc Hallowell, ME 2.9 miles from Gardiner
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Halfway House, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
Crisis and Counseling Centers Augusta, ME 10.7 miles from Gardiner
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
David Lawrence LADC CCS Augusta, ME 10.7 miles from Gardiner
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Kennebec Behavioral Health Augusta, ME 10.7 miles from Gardiner
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, 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)
MaineGeneral Augusta, ME 10.7 miles from Gardiner
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Marlee C Poulin LCSW Augusta, ME 10.7 miles from Gardiner
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Program
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)
Phoenix House of New England Inc Augusta, ME 10.7 miles from Gardiner
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Medicaid
Sweetser Affiliate Augusta, ME 10.7 miles from Gardiner
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab Program
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, 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)
Togus VA Medical Center Augusta, ME 10.7 miles from Gardiner
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
MaineGeneral Counseling Winthrop, ME 11.6 miles from Gardiner
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Facing Change PA Winthrop, ME 11.8 miles from Gardiner
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
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)
George McLean Lisbon Falls, ME 18.7 miles from Gardiner
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Eureka Counseling Services Inc Damariscotta, ME 18.9 miles from Gardiner
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Center
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
Central Maine Counseling Services Inc Lewiston, ME 21.0 miles from Gardiner
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
Central Main Family Counseling PA Lewiston, ME 21.0 miles from Gardiner
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Tibby York LADC Lewiston, ME 21.0 miles from Gardiner
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid
Tibby York Longpre LADC Lewiston, ME 21.1 miles from Gardiner
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facility
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, Private health insurance
Carol A Goulette LCPC CCS Bath, ME 22.2 miles from Gardiner
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare, Private health insurance
Mary L Bonsant LCPC Bath, ME 22.2 miles from Gardiner
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Community Clinical Counseling Lewiston, ME 22.7 miles from Gardiner
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Spanish Speaking
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:

Between 2000 and 2001, there was no statistically significant change in the number of persons aged 12 or older receiving treatment for alcohol or illegal drugs (2.8 to 3.1 million persons). There was also no significant change in the number receiving treatment for alcohol (2.1 to 2.2 million persons). However, between 2000 and 2001, the number receiving treatment for illegal drugs increased significantly from 1.3 million (0.6 percent) to 1.7 million (0.8 percent).

The inhalants that cause limb spasms and peripheral neuropathies are hexane, which is used in glues and gasoline and nitrous oxide, which is used in whipped cream dispensers and gas cylinders.

Alcohol consumption levels also were associated with tobacco use. Among heavy alcohol users aged 12 or older, 58.3 percent smoked cigarettes in the past month, while only 20.4 percent of non binge current drinkers and 17.2 percent of persons who did not drink alcohol in the past month were current smokers. Smokeless tobacco use and cigar use also were more prevalent among heavy drinkers (11.4 and 18.7 percent, respectively) than among non binge drinkers (2.1 and 4.6 percent) and nondrinkers (2.2 and 2.1 percent).

The recent influx of highly hallucinogenic potentially fatal drug that are being sold currently as "bath salts" have law enforcement and drug enforcement experts extremely concerned.

Past month illegal drug use also was associated with the level of past month alcohol use. Among teens aged 12 to 17 in 2006 who were heavy drinkers (i.e., drank five or more drinks on the same occasion [i.e., at the same time or within a couple of hours of each other] on each of 5 or more days in the past 30 days), 57.6 percent also were current illegal drug users, which was higher than among nondrinkers (4.8 percent).

Slightly more than half of Americans aged 12 or older reported being current drinkers of alcohol in the 2005 survey (51.8 percent). This translates to an estimated 126 million people, which is higher than the 2004 estimate of 121 million people (50.3 percent).


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 Gardiner:

Back To Basics
Gardinger United Methodist Church
31 Highland Avenue
Gardiner, Maine 4345

AA Meeting Days and Times
Tuesday, 7:00 PM

Easy Does It
Gardiner Congregational Church
46 Church Street
Gardiner, Maine 4345

AA Meeting Days and Times
Tuesday, 7:00 PM

Gardiner Group
Gardiner Congregational Church
46 Church Street
Gardiner, Maine 4345

AA Meeting Days and Times
Sunday, 7:00 PM
The following survey was completed by residents of Gardiner, Maine as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Gardiner, Maine. 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 Gardiner, Maine.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
84%
5%
11%
Marijuana use in Gardiner, Maine.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
78%
22%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
89%
11%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
2%
96%
2%
Perception of Alcohol in Gardiner, Maine.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
6%
11%
83%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
91%
9%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
6%
80%
14%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
10%
5%
57%
28%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Gardiner, Maine?
Boredom
Curiousity
Drugs were all around
Family problem
Hopelessness
It was easy to get
None of the above
Peer Pressure
To fit in
Unhappiness
3%
21%
3%
5%
3%
0%
58%
3%
2%
2%
Most common first drug experience in Gardiner, Maine?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
18%
6%
3%
8%
2%
4%
13%
3%
10%
10%
14%
9%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Gardiner, Maine schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Gardiner, Maine under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
15%
79%
6%
Have you ever gone to school in Gardiner, Maine under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
19%
78%
3%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Gardiner, Maine?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
21%
5%
2%
3%
2%
5%
12%
3%
8%
4%
26%
9%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
0%
13%
58%
29%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
22%
78%
Surveys updated monthly.

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