Essex, Massachusetts

Essex, Massachusetts, in Essex county, is 14 miles NE of Lynn, Massachusetts (center to center) and 23 miles NE of Boston, Massachusetts. Part of the surrounding Boston metro area, the town is not an isolated town. Essex is home to some 3,267 residents.

The People and Families of Essex

In Essex, about 60% of adults are married.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Essex had a median family income of $70,152. Impressively, having a college education is normal in Essex. Home-based work is more common in the town than in most places. It's worth saying that successful single folks are not uncommon in Essex.

Political Inclinations

John Kerry was the top money-getter ($9,250) among 2004 Presidential candidates in Essex. The Democratic party stood out in its ability to raise compaign money in the town.

Essex Housing

According to the 2000 census, 70% of the housing in Essex was owner-occupied. Can't find a roommate? That's OK in the town, where renting little apartments isn't uncommon.

Commuting

In Essex, 85% of commuters drive to work.

Nearby Cities and Towns

LocationPop.Median Family
Income (2000)
Essex3,267$70,152
Beverly39,862$66,486
Gloucester30,273$58,459
Hamilton8,315$79,886
Ipswich12,987$74,931
Rowley5,500$75,527
Wenham4,440$98,004

High Points

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

CategoryTrophy
Well-Paid Single Men
(vs. Peers)
Top 4%Essex Well-Paid Single Men
Well-Paid Single Women
(vs. Peers)
Top 4%Essex Well-Paid Single Women
Median Family Income
(vs. Peers)
Top 6%Essex Median Family Income
College Educated Adults
(vs. Peers)
Top 8%Essex College Educated Adults
Public Transportation Use
(vs. Peers)
Top 9%Essex Public Transportation Use
People in Middle Class or Better
(vs. Peers)
Top 12%Essex People in Middle Class or Better


The listings in Essex, Massachusetts and surrounding areas provide the following services:

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



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If you or a loved one in Essex 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 Essex drug or alcohol treatment.

Quality Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Centers are available in and around Essex, MA., 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 Essex Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Center. By the time an individual from Essex, Massachusetts 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 Essex 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 a Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehab Center is that there is such a wide array of options in and around Essex, Massachusetts. These drug and alcohol rehabilitation treatment options in Essex, Massachusetts may include Long-term Addiction Recovery Centers, Outpatient Drug Treatment, Short-term Rehabs, Inpatient Addiction Recovery Centers, 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 Essex.

A quality Essex Drug Rehab or Alcohol Treatment Facility will address the physical and the psychological aspects of the drug or alcohol addiction. The first step in the Essex 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 Essex, Massachusetts to have professional assistance during this process is because the staff at the Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Facility can help to alleviate many of the associated withdrawal symptoms.

Withdrawal symptoms occur during detox because the individual from Essex 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 Essex 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 Essex, Massachusetts 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 Rehab or Alcohol Treatment Program in Essex, MA. 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 Essex after completing the Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Treatment Center and be able to live successfully, while remaining sober.

An individual from Essex, Massachusetts 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 Essex 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 Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Center, they will learn how to, once again, relate to others without the use of drugs or alcohol. Individuals from Essex, MA. 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. An Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Center will teach the individual from Essex 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 Essex, Massachusetts that try to stop using drugs on their own, will be fighting a losing battle. By the time an individual from Essex finally succumbs to a Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehab Facility, they have probably experienced failure in this area numerous times. Many times, this is the reason that the individual from Essex 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 Essex, Massachusetts Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Treatment Facility 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 no listings in Essex, MA. so we have provided the 20 closest treatment facilities arranged by distance from Essex, Massachusetts:

Health and Education Services Inc Beverly, MA 5.9 miles from Essex
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment 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, Gay and Lesbian, Mental Health Services, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Leland Unit Beverly Hospital Beverly, MA 5.9 miles from Essex
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Program
Services Offered: Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Mental Health 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)
North Shore Counseling Center Beverly, MA 5.9 miles from Essex
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, 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)
CAB Health and Recovery Services Inc Danvers, MA 9.4 miles from Essex
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Halfway House, Hospital Inpatient, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
Catholic Charites Danvers, MA 9.5 miles from Essex
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: Mental Health Services, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
North Shore Medical Center Salem Hosp Salem, MA 10.3 miles from Essex
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Program
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Mental Health 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)
Outpatient Services Salem, MA 10.3 miles from Essex
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Program
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, Males, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, 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)
Arbour Counseling Services Woburn, MA 10.3 miles from Essex
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Inn Transition Peabody, MA 11.7 miles from Essex
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Residential Beds for Children, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Seniors/Older Adults, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Medicaid, Medicare
Citizens for Adequate Housing Inc Peabody, MA 11.8 miles from Essex
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Residential Beds for Children, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Medicaid, Medicare
Baldpate Hospital Georgetown, MA 12.0 miles from Essex
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Link House Inc Newburyport, MA 12.8 miles from Essex
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Halfway House, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Lynn Community Health Inc Lynn, MA 14.5 miles from Essex
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Mental Health Services, Outpatient, 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)
Project Cope Lynn, MA 14.5 miles from Essex
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance
John Ashford Link House Inc Newburyport, MA 15.7 miles from Essex
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Faciltity
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Halfway House, Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Team Coordinating Agency Inc Haverhill, MA 19.8 miles from Essex
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid
Arbour Counseling Malden, MA 19.8 miles from Essex
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
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
Psychological Center Lawrence, MA 20.0 miles from Essex
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Eastern Middlesex Alcoholism Services Malden, MA 20.6 miles from Essex
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Center
Services Offered: Halfway House, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
HRI Clinics DBA Arbour Counseling Serv Malden, MA 20.6 miles from Essex
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment 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, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance

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

More than 1 in 10 Americans aged 12 or older in 2001 (25.1 million persons) drove under the influence of alcohol at least once in the 12 months prior to the interview. Between 2000 and 2001, the rate of driving under the influence of alcohol increased from 10.0 to 11.1 percent. Among young adults aged 18 to 25 years, 22.8 percent drove under the influence of alcohol.

OxyContin can decrease anxiety, cause euphoria, mental relaxation, respiratory depression, constipation, and suppression of cough.

Drug addiction is a learned behavior; addiction recovery is unlearning addiction so that being clean is what becomes habitual.

From 1997 to 2000 cocaine was the most common drug reported in emergency room episodes.

Since OxyContin was first introduced in 1995, there has been a dramatic increase in abuse of this narcotic.

In the West, the prevalence of current smokeless tobacco use among persons aged 12 or older increased from 2.0 percent in 2005 to 2.7 percent in 2006; this increase also occurred both among teens aged 12 to 17 (from 1.0 to 1.8 percent) and adults aged 18 or older (from 2.2 to 2.8 percent). In the South, current cigarette smoking among adults aged 26 or older increased from 25.0 percent in 2005 to 27.1 percent in 2006.


The following survey was completed by residents of Essex, Massachusetts as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Essex, Massachusetts. 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 Essex, Massachusetts.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
76%
19%
5%
Marijuana use in Essex, Massachusetts.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
96%
4%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
87%
13%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
1%
94%
5%
Perception of Alcohol in Essex, Massachusetts.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
5%
95%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
76%
24%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
8%
77%
15%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
6%
11%
62%
21%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Essex, Massachusetts?
Boredom
Curiousity
Drugs were all around
Family problem
Hopelessness
It was easy to get
None of the above
Peer Pressure
To fit in
Unhappiness
9%
2%
0%
0%
4%
0%
75%
3%
2%
5%
Most common first drug experience in Essex, Massachusetts?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
18%
6%
3%
5%
3%
5%
13%
4%
11%
8%
15%
9%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Essex, Massachusetts schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Essex, Massachusetts under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
81%
19%
Have you ever gone to school in Essex, Massachusetts under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
97%
3%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Essex, Massachusetts?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
18%
4%
3%
5%
3%
5%
11%
2%
9%
4%
27%
9%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
8%
1%
63%
28%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
68%
32%
Surveys updated monthly.

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