Shirley, Massachusetts

Shirley, Massachusetts, in Middlesex county, is 17 miles W of Lowell, Massachusetts (center to center) and 32 miles NW of Boston, Massachusetts. The town is conveniently located inside the Boston metropolitan area. There are an estimated 6,373 people in Shirley.

The People and Families of Shirley

In Shirley, about 47% of adults are married.

Males represent a higher percentage of the population in Shirley than in most places.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Shirley had a median family income of $66,250. If a good man (or woman) is hard to find, try looking in Shirley, where there happen to be many singles with good incomes.

Political Inclinations

In the 2004 race for President, John Kerry was the top recipient of campaign contributions ($700) in Shirley. Party contributions tended to flow to the Democratic team.

Crime and Safety

The low crime rate is a boost to quality of living and housing values in Shirley.

Shirley Housing

Approximately 71% of housing in Shirley is owner-occupied.

Commuting

In Shirley, 95% of commuters drive to work.

Nearby Cities and Towns

LocationPop.Median Family
Income (2000)
Shirley6,373$66,250
Ayer7,287$61,968
Groton9,547$92,014
Harvard5,981$119,352
Lancaster7,380$66,490
Leominster41,303$54,660
Lunenburg9,401$63,981

High Points

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

CategoryTrophy
Low Property Crime
(vs. Peers)
Top 1%Shirley Low Property Crime
Low Violent Crime
(vs. Peers)
Top 6%Shirley Low Violent Crime
Well-Paid Single Men
(vs. Peers)
Top 6%Shirley Well-Paid Single Men
Racial Diversity
(vs. State)
Top 6%Shirley Racial Diversity
Low Rate of Poverty
(vs. Peers)
Top 13%Shirley Low Rate of Poverty
People in Middle Class or Better
(vs. Peers)
Top 18%Shirley People in Middle Class or Better


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

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



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

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

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

Withdrawal symptoms occur during detox because the individual from Shirley 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 Shirley 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 Shirley, 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 an Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment Facility in Shirley, 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 Shirley after completing the Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehab Center and be able to live successfully, while remaining sober.

An individual from Shirley, 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 Shirley get to treatment, they may not even be able to remember the last time that they interacted socially with others while sober; at the Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Treatment Program, they will learn how to, once again, relate to others without the use of drugs or alcohol. Individuals from Shirley, 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 Rehabilitation or Drug Rehab Program will teach the individual from Shirley 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 Shirley, Massachusetts that try to stop using drugs on their own, will be fighting a losing battle. By the time an individual from Shirley finally succumbs to an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Program, they have probably experienced failure in this area numerous times. Many times, this is the reason that the individual from Shirley 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 Shirley, Massachusetts Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Center 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 Shirley, MA. so we have provided the 20 closest treatment facilities arranged by distance from Shirley, Massachusetts:

Luk Crisis Center Inc Fitchburg, MA 8.9 miles from Shirley
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance
UMass Memorial Health Alliance Fitchburg, MA 8.9 miles from Shirley
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Mental Health Services, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Health Alliance Hospital Fitchburg, MA 9.1 miles from Shirley
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center
Services Offered: Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Mental Health Services, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Clinton Hospital Clinton, MA 11.2 miles from Shirley
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, General Health Services, Hospital Inpatient, Seniors/Older Adults
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare
Assabet Human Services Inc Acton, MA 12.7 miles from Shirley
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
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 12.7 miles from Shirley
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug 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 12.7 miles from Shirley
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment 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 12.7 miles from Shirley
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment 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 12.7 miles from Shirley
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Facility
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
Genesis Counseling Services Inc Framingham, MA 12.7 miles from Shirley
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Faciltity
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
New England Aftercare Ministries Inc Framingham, MA 12.7 miles from Shirley
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Halfway House, Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
South Middlesex Opportunity Council Framingham, MA 12.7 miles from Shirley
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance
Spectrum Health Systems Inc Framingham, MA 12.7 miles from Shirley
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Faciltity
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
SMOC Behavioral Health Services Hopkinton, MA 12.7 miles from Shirley
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Center
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Halfway House, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Center for Family Development Lowell, MA 12.7 miles from Shirley
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: 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)
Lowell Community Health Center Inc Lowell, MA 12.7 miles from Shirley
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Center
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, Private health insurance
Lowell House Inc Lowell, MA 12.7 miles from Shirley
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery 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, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Males, Outpatient, Seniors/Older Adults, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Marlborough Hospital Marlborough, MA 12.7 miles from Shirley
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, General Health Services, Hospital Inpatient, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
HART House Tewksbury, MA 12.7 miles from Shirley
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Residential Beds for Children, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Halfway House, Hospital Inpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare
Merrimack River Medical Hudson, NH 13.3 miles from Shirley
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance

Did You Know? ...
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From 2002 to 2007, there was an increase among young adults aged 18 to 25 in the rate of current use of prescription pain relievers, from 4.1 to 4.6 percent. There were decreases in the use of hallucinogens (from 1.9 to 1.5 percent), Ecstasy (from 1.1 to 0.7 percent), and methamphetamine (from 0.6 to 0.4 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 Shirley:

Step
United Ch.
Lancaster + Harvard Rds.
Shirley, Massachusetts 1464

AA Meeting Days and Times
Sunday, 7:30 PM
The following survey was completed by residents of Shirley, Massachusetts as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Shirley, 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 Shirley, Massachusetts.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
80%
3%
17%
Marijuana use in Shirley, Massachusetts.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
87%
13%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
93%
7%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
5%
93%
2%
Perception of Alcohol in Shirley, Massachusetts.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
19%
2%
79%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
87%
13%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
9%
82%
9%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
9%
30%
41%
20%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Shirley, 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
10%
30%
2%
2%
4%
0%
43%
7%
2%
0%
Most common first drug experience in Shirley, Massachusetts?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
20%
4%
3%
6%
2%
3%
15%
2%
12%
6%
18%
9%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Shirley, Massachusetts schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Shirley, Massachusetts under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
95%
5%
Have you ever gone to school in Shirley, Massachusetts under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
9%
89%
2%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Shirley, Massachusetts?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
23%
2%
2%
7%
3%
3%
15%
2%
7%
9%
20%
7%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
5%
13%
60%
22%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
29%
71%
Surveys updated monthly.

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