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Fall River, Massachusetts

Introduction to Fall River, Massachusetts

Fall River is a city in southeastern Massachusetts, situated in an area where the Taunton River flows into the Mount Hope Bay. Located in Bristol County, the city lies about 53 miles south of Boston and 17 miles southeast of Providence, Rhode Island. Incorporated as a city in 1854, Fall River got its name from the English translation of the Wampanoag Indian name of the small river flowing through the city. The Quequechan River (the term "Quequechan" means "falling water") originally flowed unconfined over a nearly level course for more than a mile before rushing down a narrow rocky channel and visibly cascading into the Taunton River. Fall River is serviced principally by Interstate I-195, but is also served by four other major highways, including U.S. Route 6 and Massachusetts State Highways 24, 79, 81, and 138.

The history of Fall River industry traces its roots to 1811 when Colonel Joseph Durfee and several investors built the city's first cotton mill. By 1830 the town had seven textile mills and by 1872 this number had more than tripled, cementing the city's reputation as one of the textile capitals of the nation. The period from the 1870s through the 1920s marked an era of great prosperity for Fall River, which took prominence as the largest center in the United States for the manufacture of cotton textiles. Reliance on one single industry later proved to have a damaging effect on the city during the Depression era, when cheap labor beckoned the textile industry southward, leaving Fall River without its greatest economic asset. Although the industrial decline which plagued the Fall River area during much of the 20th century has since reversed itself, the city today is replete with dozens of old mill buildings now used for other purposes but which still stand as a reminder of the city's past glory.

One of Fall River's claims to fame dates back to August 1892, when a double ax murder took place in the city. The victims were the parents of Lizzie Borden, who many suspected was guilty of the crime. Over a century has passed and so have several books, a movie, and even a ballet covering the incident, and to this day the crime is still unsolved. Although found innocent of all wrongdoing, Lizzie Borden to this day remains convicted in the minds of many people. Another of Fall River's claims to fame lies in the placement of its City Hall, which is located on top of Interstate 195. The six-story structure, highly visible to interstate traffic, sits on a highway overpass at the foot of the Braga Bridge, making I-195 one of the few highways in the country with a city hall standing directly on top of it.

Fall River Points of Interest

Each year hundreds of thousands of visitors are drawn to Battleship Cove. This "floating museum" contains the world's largest collection of 20th century U.S. Naval fighting vessels, open to the public and available for climbing aboard and exploring. On site are the Battleship Massachusetts, the Submarine USS Lionfish, the Destroyer USS Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., the Cruiser USS Fall River, and an Elco-class and a Higgins-class P.T. Boat. The latest addition to the Fall River waterfront is the Hiddensee, a Soviet-built missile corvette originally assigned to the East German Navy but later used in the Federal German Navy following the reunification of Germany. Also located at Battleship Cove is the elegant Fall River Carousel, a fully restored circa-1930 carousel (the oldest functioning carousel in America) housed in a beautiful Victorian-style pavilion. Located adjacent to Battleship Cove on Mt. Hope Bay is the Fall River Heritage State Park, which features a waterfront esplanade, harbor boardwalk, Visitor's Center and boathouse. A short walk from Battleship Cove is the Marine Museum, which houses an extensive collection of intricate model ships and also houses the largest exhibit of Titanic memorabilia and artifacts in the nation, including a one ton, 28 foot model of the ill-fated vessel.

The mystery surrounding Lizzie Borden and the ax-murder of her parents lives on endlessly. The home where this notorious incident occurred is today a first-class bed & breakfast site, where guests are invited to choose one of six bedrooms (including the room where Abby Borden was killed) and roam the house to explore at will. Guests staying at the Lizzie Borden Bed and Breakfast are treated to a breakfast very similar to the one the Bordens ate on the morning of the murders (bananas, jonny-cakes, sugar cookies, coffee and more). In a somewhat similar vein, Fall River is also home to the Factory of Terror and Asylum of Horror, two indoor haunted houses where guests walk through a maze full of rooms in the dark, encountering disturbing sights and sounds along the way.

With its ethnically diverse population, Fall River hosts several feasts and festivals throughout the year. The city's large Portuguese community celebrates The Great Feast of the Holy Ghost of New England in mid-August. This event includes a procession, a parade and the blessing of bread and milk. Other ethnic festivals include the Cambodian New Year, the Greek Festival and a St. Patrick's parade. Early September each year brings to town the Fall River Festival of the Arts, a one-day downtown festival featuring music, art and food.

Reasonably close to both the Providence and Boston metropolitan areas, Fall River provides an excellent starting point for exploring the countless first-rate attractions available in those cities and elsewhere in nearby southern New England. Sports fans especially can find a wealth of options available within easy driving distance of the city. The city of Boston, home to a variety of professional sports teams, is about an hour away. Among the major league teams calling Boston home are the Red Sox (MLB baseball), Celtics (NBA basketball), Bruins (NHL hockey), and Cannons (MLL lacrosse). Also in town are the Boston Lobsters of World Team Tennis (WTT). A little closer to Fall River (about 30 minutes away) is the small town of Foxboro, home to a couple of big teams: the New England Patriots (NFL football) and the New England Revolution (MLS soccer). Minor league pro action can be found in Providence Rhode Island (about 20 minutes away), home of the Providence Bruins, a team in the American Hockey League (AHL) affiliated with the Boston Bruins. Residing a few minutes north of Providence in the city of Pawtucket are the Pawtucket Red Sox, a Minor League Baseball Class-AAA affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, playing in the International League.

The city of Newport Rhode Island, less than 30 minutes from Fall River in a southerly direction, is the home of the International Tennis Hall of Fame. Tennis fans can treat themselves to displays which chronicle the achievements of great players past and present in the Hall and its associated Museum. Artifacts, memorabilia, and multi-media exhibits showcase many facets of the sport's long and storied history.

Location

Pop.

Median Family
Income (2000)

Fall River

91,938

$37,671

Berkley

5,749

$69,222

Dighton

6,175

$64,792

Freetown

8,472

$69,368

Somerset

18,234

$60,067

Swansea

15,901

$60,567

Westport

14,183

$64,568

Category

Trophy

Affordability of Property Taxes
(vs. State)

Top 4%

Affordability of Rents
(vs. Peers)

Top 6%

Short Commute Times
(vs. State)

Top 15%

If you or a loved one living in Fall River 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 Fall River, Massachusetts; 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 Fall River Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Treatment Center that will best be suited to your individual needs.

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

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

There are 10 local Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facilities in Fall River, Massachusetts. We have also provided 10 additional Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs that are closest geographically to Fall River:

Family Service Association Fall River, MA
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Faciltity
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)

Family Services Association of Fall River, MA
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: 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)

Habit Management Fall River, MA
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Gay and Lesbian, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)

Habit OPCO Fall River, MA
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Recovery Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance

Portguese Youth Cultural Organization Fall River, MA
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Gay and Lesbian, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)

Saint Annes Hospital Fall River, MA
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Methadone Detoxification, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)

SSTAR Lifeline Program Fall River, MA
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Methadone Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)

Stanley Street Treatment and Resources Fall River, MA
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance

Stepping Stone Inc Fall River, MA
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Recovery Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Halfway House, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment

Steppingstone Inc Fall River, MA
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment

Center for Human Services New Bedford, MA 5.7 miles from Fall River
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Program
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance

Stepping Stone Inc New Bedford, MA 8.6 miles from Fall River
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Program
Services Offered: Residential Beds for Children, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Halfway House, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment

Harmony House New Bedford, MA 10.6 miles from Fall River
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Halfway House, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)

Monarch House New Bedford, MA 11.0 miles from Fall River
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Halfway House, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment

Seven Hills Behavioral Health Inc New Bedford, MA 11.0 miles from Fall River
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, 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)

Steppingstone Inc New Bedford, MA 11.0 miles from Fall River
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Halfway House, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment

Community Counseling of Bristol County Taunton, MA 11.5 miles from Fall River
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug 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, Outpatient, Seniors/Older Adults
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)

East Bay Mental Health Center Riverside, RI 11.8 miles from Fall River
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)

CODAC East Bay East Providence, RI 13.8 miles from Fall River
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment 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, Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Gay and Lesbian, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Methadone Maintenance, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Seniors/Older Adults, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance

Child and Family Services of Newport Middletown, RI 13.8 miles from Fall River
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab 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, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)

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