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Worcester, MassachusettsIntroduction to Worcester, Massachusetts
Incorporated in 1722, Worcester is the third largest city in New England (behind Boston, Massachusetts and Providence, Rhode Island), and the second largest city in Massachusetts. Worcester has a population of approximately 175,000 people. According to U.S. Census estimates, the Worcester metropolitan statistical area had a population of approximately 750,000 people as of 2000.
Worcester is located in central Massachusetts. It is about an hour drive southwest from Boston, Massachusetts, an hour and ten minutes northeast of Hartford, Connecticut, and 50 minutes northwest of Providence, Rhode Island. Worcester is one of only a few cities to win the National Civic League's coveted "All-America City Award" five times. Worcester is also home to one Fortune 1000 corporate headquarters. Many others are located in communities near by.
Worcester's climate is characterized by four distinct seasons. Winters are cold and summers tend to be warm and humid. January is the coldest month of the year with an average daily temperature of 31 degrees Fahrenheit. July is the warmest month of the year with an average daily temperature of 79 degrees Fahrenheit. Worcester gets an average of almost 68 inches of snow during the winter.
Worcester Arts and Entertainment
For a city of modest size, Worcester provides a good assortment of arts and cultural offerings. Some of the more notable include:
- The American Antiquarian Society
- Ecotarium
- The Foothills Theatre Company
- The Higgins Armory Museum (the largest collection of arms and armor in the western hemisphere)
- Musicians of the Old Post Road
- Music Worcester
- Opera Worcester
- The Worcester Art Museum
- The Worcester History Museum
Worcester is also a relatively short drive to all of the arts and cultural offerings of Boston, Massachusetts, Hartford, Connecticut, and Providence, Rhode Island.
For sports enthusiasts, Worcester's central location gives residents and visitors easy access to numerous professional sporting teams. Worcester itself is home to a professional baseball team, the Worcester Tornadoes, who play in the Canadian-American Association of Professional Baseball, or Can-Am League. Boston to the east is home to Major League Baseball's Boston Red Sox. For individuals who like minor league baseball action, nearby Pawtucket, RI is home Minor League Baseball's (MiLB) Pawtucket Red Sox, and Lowell, Massachusetts is home to the Lowell Spinners. The Red Sox are a Triple-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, and the Spinners are a Class A Short-Season affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. For individuals whose interest turns to hockey, the National Hockey League Boston Bruins play in Boston, and the the American Hockey League (AHL) Providence Bruins, play in Providence. Other nearby sports teams include Major League Soccer's (MLS) New England Revolution, the National Pro Fastpitch (NPF) Softball New England Riptide, the NBA's Boston Celtics, the NFL's New England Patriots, the United Soccer League's (USL) USL-W Division Boston Renegades, and World Team Tennis' (WTT) Boston Lobsters.
Nearby Cities and Towns| Location | Pop. | Median Family Income (2000) |
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| Worcester | 172,648 | $42,988 | | Auburn | 15,901 | $60,805 | | Grafton | 14,894 | $66,396 | | Holden | 15,621 | $73,614 | | Leicester | 10,471 | $64,202 | | Millbury | 12,784 | $62,564 | | Shrewsbury | 31,640 | $77,674 |
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The listings in Worcester, Massachusetts and surrounding areas provide the following services:
(7) Drug/Alcohol Detoxification
(4) Methadone Detoxification
(7) Outpatient
(4) Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
(6) Hospital Inpatient
(9) Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders
(3) Seniors/Older Adults
(6) Females
(7) Males
(4) American Sign Language
(9) Spanish Speaking
(2) Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
(6) Teens and Adolescents
(4) Halfway House
(8) Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
(2) Mental Health Services
(1) Persons with HIV/AIDS
(2) Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum
(5) Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
(1) Methadone Maintenance
(1) Gay and Lesbian
(1) Clients With Legal Issues
(1) General Health Services
(3) Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders
(1) Residential Beds for Children
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If you or a loved one living in Worcester 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 Worcester, 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 Worcester Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility that will best be suited to your individual needs.
The different types of drug treatment in Worcester, MA. can include holistic drug and alcohol rehabilitation, Short-term Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers, Long-term Addiction Recovery Facilities, Outpatient Addiction Recovery Programs, Inpatient Drug Rehabs, partial hospitalization, and sober living just to name a few. The type of Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment 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 Worcester, 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 Worcester 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 Worcester, MA. rehabilitation treatment process toward recovery from a drug and alcohol addiction. The main goal in this component of the Worcester Drug Rehab or Alcohol Treatment Facility 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 Worcester, MA. in drug detox that has combined different drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, heroin, or pain pills with alcohol.
When an individual from Worcester 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 Worcester, 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 Worcester 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 Worcester will then be able to begin a directed, Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug 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 Worcester, 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 Treatment or Drug Rehab Facility process, they may have already made repeated promises to their loved ones in Worcester 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 Worcester, 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 Center, the individual from Worcester 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 Worcester, 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 Worcester, 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 Worcester, Massachusetts Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Rehab Facility request form and we will contact you at the soonest available opportunity.

There are 13 local Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Programs in Worcester, Massachusetts. We have also provided 7 additional Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Centers that are closest geographically to Worcester:AdCare Hospital Worcester, MA
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Center
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)
| Adcare Hospital of Worcester Inc Worcester, MA
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facility
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)
| Catholic Charities Worcester, MA
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Halfway House, Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
| Community Healthlink Inc Worcester, MA
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment 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
| Hector Reyes House Worcester, MA
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
| Henry Lee Willis Community Center Worcester, MA
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Facility
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)
| Jeremiahs Hospice Inc Worcester, MA
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Center
Services Offered: Halfway House, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
| Jeremiahs Hospice Inc Worcester, MA
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
| Mental Health 8 East Worcester, MA
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Facility
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
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Program
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
| Spectrum Health Systems Inc Worcester, MA
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
| Willis Center Footsteps Supportive Worcester, MA
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Facility
Services Offered: Halfway House
| Youth Opportunities Upheld Inc Worcester, MA
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Center
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
| Integrated Treatment Unit Rutland, MA 11.9 miles from Worcester
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Gay and Lesbian, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
| Clinton Hospital Clinton, MA 12.0 miles from Worcester
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Center
Services Offered: Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, General Health Services, Hospital Inpatient, Seniors/Older Adults
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare
| Riverside Community Care Upton, MA 12.1 miles from Worcester
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab 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)
| McLean Center at Fernside Princeton, MA 13.5 miles from Worcester
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
| Wayside Youth Family Support Network Milford, MA 16.4 miles from Worcester
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
| Community Healthlink Inc Leominster, MA 17.8 miles from Worcester
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: Residential Beds for Children, Halfway House, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Females
| Harrington Memorial Hospital Southbridge, MA 18.3 miles from Worcester
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, 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, Males, Outpatient, 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)
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Did You Know? ... Interesting Facts and Statistics:
Use of tobacco products other than cigarettes was higher among current cigarette smokers than among current nonsmokers. Smokeless tobacco use in the past month was reported by 5.0 percent of current cigarette smokers compared with 2.8 percent of nonsmokers. Moreover, 12.5 percent of current cigarette smokers also smoked cigars in the past month compared with 3.3 percent of those who did not smoke cigarettes, and 2.1 percent of current cigarette smokers also used pipes in the past month compared with 0.6 percent of those who did not smoke cigarettes.
Abrupt interruption of chronic methamphetamine use results in the withdrawal syndrome in almost 90% of the cases. Withdrawal of amphetamine often causes a depression which is longer and deeper than even the depression from cocaine withdrawal.
Diuretics such as alcohol exacerbate risks associated with using Ecstasy.
Among full time college students aged 18 to 22, there were increases from 2007 to 2008 in the current rate of use of hallucinogens (from 1.0 to 2.1 percent). Increases were seen for the specific hallucinogens Ecstasy (from 0.5 to 1.2 percent) and LSD (from 0.3 to 0.6 percent). There were no significant changes in the rates of current use for any drugs among persons aged 18 to 22 who were not full time college students.
The effects of methamphetamine, although initially similar to cocaine, last much longer than the effects of cocaine; yet both of these drugs are known to cost the same. Perhaps this is the reason that methamphetamine is often called the "poor man's cocaine".
Major heroin withdrawal symptoms peak between 48 and 72 hours after the last heroin dose and subside after about a week.
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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 Worcester: | 7a Group 107 Lincoln St. Worcester, Massachusetts 1605
AA Meeting Days and Times Saturday, 7:00 PM Thursday, 7:00 PM Wednesday, 7:00 PM Tuesday, 7:00 PM Monday, 7:00 PM Friday, 7:00 PM
Afternoon Holy Cross Campion Hse. 1 College St. Worcester, Massachusetts 1610
AA Meeting Days and Times Sunday, 4:30 PM
Anonymity U. Ma. Med. Sch. Faculty Conf. 55 Lake Ave. No. Worcester, Massachusetts 1605
AA Meeting Days and Times Sunday, 6:45 PM
Assumption College 500 Salisbury St. Worcester, Massachusetts 1605
AA Meeting Days and Times Friday, 8:00 PM
Big Book Step Study St Stephen's 357 Grafton St. Worcester, Massachusetts 1604
AA Meeting Days and Times Saturday, 10:00 AM
Crozier Our Lady Of Loreto 37 Massosoit Worcester, Massachusetts 1604
AA Meeting Days and Times Monday, 8:00 PM
Fellowship Immaculate Conception Church 353 Grove St. Worcester, Massachusetts 1605
AA Meeting Days and Times Sunday, 8:30 PM
Four Corners St. Matthew's 695 Southbridge Worcester, Massachusetts 1610
AA Meeting Days and Times Wednesday, 8:00 PM
Gratitude Lakeview Cong. Ch. 115 Coburn Ave. Worcester, Massachusetts 1604
AA Meeting Days and Times Sunday, 7:00 PM
Gratitude Too First Congregational Church 1070 Pleasant St Worcester, Massachusetts 1602
AA Meeting Days and Times Sunday, 7:00 PM
Greendale Zion Lutheran Whitmarsh & Leeds Sts. Worcester, Massachusetts 1606
AA Meeting Days and Times Friday, 8:30 PM Friday, 8:30 PM
Quinsig St. Catherine/sweden , 1 Wiser Ave. Worcester, Massachusetts 1607
AA Meeting Days and Times Tuesday, 8:00 PM
Rebound St. George 40 Brattle St. Worcester, Massachusetts 1606
AA Meeting Days and Times Saturday, 8:30 PM
Sat. Nite Live St. Mark's 1 Freeland St. Worcester, Massachusetts 1603
AA Meeting Days and Times Saturday, 7:00 PM
Serenity First Baptist Church Park Ave. & Salisbury St. Worcester, Massachusetts 1609
AA Meeting Days and Times Thursday, 7:30 PM
Sos (sober Over Sixty) Senior Center 128 Providence St Worcester, Massachusetts 1604
AA Meeting Days and Times Wednesday, 12:00 PM
St. Matthew's 695 Southbridge Worcester, Massachusetts 1610
AA Meeting Days and Times Tuesday, 7:30 PM
Steps To Recovery St. Matthew's 695 Southbridge Worcester, Massachusetts 1610
AA Meeting Days and Times Monday, 7:30 PM
There Is Hope Central Ma Homeless Vets Shelter 69 Grove St. Worcester, Massachusetts 1609
AA Meeting Days and Times Sunday, 10:00 AM
Way Of Sobriety Catholic High 144 Granite St. Worcester, Massachusetts 1607
AA Meeting Days and Times Sunday, 10:00 AM
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