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Northborough, MassachusettsNorthborough, Massachusetts, in Worcester county, is 9 miles NE of Worcester, Massachusetts (center to center) and 29 miles W of Boston, Massachusetts. The town is included in the Worcester metropolitan area. As of the year 2000 census, 14,013 people lived in Northborough. The People and Families of NorthboroughIn Northborough, about 68% of adults are married. Northborough is one of those places you go to when you're already married, not to find someone. It seems that everyone in town is married (though of course they're not). Large families and residences are common here. Wealth and EducationIn 2000, Northborough had a median family income of $90,480. Many people in Northborough make a good living. The bulk of the population of the town is doing well, with money to spend. Northborough doesn't have a large share of its people below the poverty line. Significantly, more adults in the town have earned college degrees than have people in most other towns in Massachusetts. Political InclinationsNorthborough residents donated more money ($18,025) to George W. Bush than to the other candidates in the 2004 Presidential race. Across all electoral races, the Democratic party attracted the most donations from the town. Crime and SafetyA low crime rate is one of the plusses in Northborough. Northborough HousingAn estimated 84% of living spaces in Northborough are occupied by their owners, not by renters. Optimists try to see the higher property taxes in the town as a sign of wealth and desirability. CommutingIn Northborough, 95% of commuters drive to work. Nearby Cities and Towns| Location | Pop. | Median Family
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| Northborough | 14,013 | $90,480 | | Boylston | 4,008 | $77,604 | | Clinton | 13,435 | $53,308 | | Marlborough | 36,255 | $70,385 | | Shrewsbury | 31,640 | $77,674 | | Southborough | 8,781 | $119,454 | | Westborough | 17,997 | $94,610 |
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The listings in Northborough, Massachusetts and surrounding areas provide the following services:
(2) General Health Services
(8) Drug/Alcohol Detoxification
(8) Hospital Inpatient
(4) Seniors/Older Adults
(3) Methadone Detoxification
(10) Outpatient
(4) Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
(4) Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
(5) Teens and Adolescents
(11) Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders
(8) Females
(8) Males
(6) Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
(5) American Sign Language
(7) Spanish Speaking
(3) Halfway House
(2) Mental Health Services
(2) Persons with HIV/AIDS
(2) Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum
(4) Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders
(1) Residential Beds for Children
(2) Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
(2) Clients With Legal Issues
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If you or a loved one living in Northborough 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 Northborough, 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 Northborough Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehab Program that will best be suited to your individual needs.
The different types of drug treatment in Northborough, MA. can include holistic drug and alcohol rehabilitation, Short-term Treatment, Long-term Addiction Treatment Facilities, Outpatient Treatment Programs, Inpatient Addiction Treatment Centers, partial hospitalization, and sober living just to name a few. The type of Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Program 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 Northborough, 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 Northborough 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 Northborough, MA. rehabilitation treatment process toward recovery from a drug and alcohol addiction. The main goal in this component of the Northborough Drug Rehab or Alcohol Treatment Program 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 Northborough, MA. in drug detox that has combined different drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, heroin, or pain pills with alcohol.
When an individual from Northborough 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 Northborough, 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 Northborough have professional supervision during the detox process is because the staff at an Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Rehab 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 Northborough will then be able to begin a directed, Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehab Center 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 Northborough, 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 Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Rehab Program process, they may have already made repeated promises to their loved ones in Northborough 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 Northborough, 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 a Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Program, the individual from Northborough 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 Northborough, 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 Northborough, 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 Northborough, Massachusetts Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Rehab Facility request form and we will contact you at the soonest available opportunity.
There are no listings in Northborough, MA. so we have provided the 20 closest treatment facilities arranged by distance from Northborough, Massachusetts:Clinton Hospital Clinton, MA 6.4 miles from Northborough
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Program
Services Offered: Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, General Health Services, Hospital Inpatient, Seniors/Older Adults
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare
| Adcare Hospital of Worcester Inc Worcester, MA 7.9 miles from Northborough
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Males, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Seniors/Older Adults, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
| Henry Lee Willis Community Center Worcester, MA 7.9 miles from Northborough
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
| Youth Opportunities Upheld Inc Worcester, MA 7.9 miles from Northborough
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
| AdCare Hospital Worcester, MA 9.1 miles from Northborough
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Males, Outpatient, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, 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)
| Hector Reyes House Worcester, MA 9.1 miles from Northborough
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
| Jeremiahs Hospice Inc Worcester, MA 9.1 miles from Northborough
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Center
Services Offered: Halfway House, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
| Mental Health 8 East Worcester, MA 9.1 miles from Northborough
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Mental Health Services, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
| Motivated Youth Recovery Program Worcester, MA 9.1 miles from Northborough
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
| Willis Center Footsteps Supportive Worcester, MA 9.5 miles from Northborough
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Halfway House
| Community Healthlink Inc Worcester, MA 9.7 miles from Northborough
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
| Riverside Community Care Upton, MA 10.5 miles from Northborough
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, 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)
| SMOC Framingham, MA 11.0 miles from Northborough
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Program
Services Offered: Residential Beds for Children, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
| SMOC South Middlesex Opport Council Framingham, MA 11.0 miles from Northborough
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
| Jeremiahs Hospice Inc Worcester, MA 11.1 miles from Northborough
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Recovery Facility
Services Offered: Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
| Assabet Human Services Inc Acton, MA 12.8 miles from Northborough
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, 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
| Veterans Center for Addiction Trt Bedford, MA 12.8 miles from Northborough
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Halfway House, Hospital Inpatient, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Males, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Seniors/Older Adults, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
| Prevention and Recovery Center Cambridge, MA 12.8 miles from Northborough
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Facility
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, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
| Emerson Hospital Concord, MA 12.8 miles from Northborough
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, General Health Services, Hospital Inpatient, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
| Advocates Community Counseling Framingham, MA 12.8 miles from Northborough
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
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Did You Know? ...
Interesting Facts and Statistics:
Marijuana smokers have many of the same respiratory problems as tobacco smokers, such as daily cough and phlegm production, more frequent acute chest illness, and a heightened risk of lung infections.
Studies of the brain show that Ecstasy affects serotonin, a system which plays a direct role in controlling our mood, aggression, sexual activity, sleep, and sensitivity to pain.
Drug addiction encompasses a widely diverse range of various drugs such as alcohol, heroin, marijuana, amphetamines, and cocaine and is commonly caused by a wide array of many different factors.
As with other amphetamines, tolerance to methamphetamine is not completely understood, but known to be sufficiently complex that it cannot be explained by any single mechanism. The extent of tolerance and the rate at which it develops varies widely between individuals, and even within one person it is highly dependent on dosage, duration of use and frequency of administration. Many cases of narcolepsy were treated with methamphetamine for years without escalating doses or any apparent loss of effect.
Among unemployed adults aged 18 or older in 2007, 18.3 percent were current illegal drug users, which was higher than the 8.4 percent of those employed full time and 10.1 percent of those employed part time. However, most illegal drug users were employed. Of the 17.4 million current illegal drug users aged 18 or older in 2007, 13.1 million (75.3 percent) were employed either full or part time.
In 2008, there were 1.2 million teens (5.0 percent) aged 12 to 17 who needed treatment for an alcohol use problem. Of this group, only 77,000 received treatment at a specialty facility (0.3 percent of all teens and 6.2 percent of teens who needed treatment), leaving almost 1.2 million teens who needed but did not receive treatment.
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| 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 Northborough: |
Historical Bldg.
Main & School Sts.
Northborough, Massachusetts 1532
AA Meeting Days and Times
Saturday, 10:00 AM
Living Sober
St. Mark's Ch. Parish House
27 Main St.
Northborough, Massachusetts 1532
AA Meeting Days and Times
Wednesday, 8:00 PM
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