West Bay Shore, New York

West Bay Shore, New York, in Suffolk county, is 5 miles S of Brentwood, New York (center to center) and 36 miles E of New York, New York. The town is conveniently located inside the Nassau - Suffolk metropolitan area. There are an estimated 4,775 people in West Bay Shore.

The People and Families of West Bay Shore

In West Bay Shore, about 63% of adults are married. Many folks in West Bay Shore are married and settled down. Families have pride of place in the town, and much of the housing seems designed with families in mind.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, West Bay Shore had a median family income of $75,055. It's worth mentioning that smart, educated people feel at home in West Bay Shore.

Political Inclinations

In the 2004 race for President, George W. Bush was the top recipient of campaign contributions ($29,610) in West Bay Shore. Party contributions tended to flow to the Democratic team.

West Bay Shore Housing

Approximately 95% of housing in West Bay Shore is owner-occupied. The town sports a large amount of seasonal housing, typically for vacation or part-time use. Property taxes are a bit high in West Bay Shore, which may indicate the community's investment in its schools and infrastructure.

Commuting

In West Bay Shore, 84% of commuters drive to work. One way to meet people in the town is to try the public transportation system.

Nearby Cities and Towns

LocationPop.Median Family
Income (2000)
West Bay Shore4,775$75,055
Bay Shore23,852$60,046
Brightwaters3,248$102,986
Lindenhurst27,819$67,315
North Babylon17,877$69,714
North Bay Shore14,992$55,819
West Islip28,907$79,546

High Points

West Bay Shore strengths, compared to Peers (similar size places nationally) or State (other places in New York):

CategoryTrophy
Public Transportation Use
(vs. Peers)
Top 1%West Bay Shore Public Transportation Use
Median Family Income
(vs. Peers)
Top 5%West Bay Shore Median Family Income
Well-Paid Single Women
(vs. Peers)
Top 8%West Bay Shore Well-Paid Single Women
Well-Paid Single Men
(vs. Peers)
Top 9%West Bay Shore Well-Paid Single Men
College Educated Adults
(vs. Peers)
Top 9%West Bay Shore College Educated Adults
People in Middle Class or Better
(vs. Peers)
Top 9%West Bay Shore People in Middle Class or Better
Low Rate of Poverty
(vs. Peers)
Top 15%West Bay Shore Low Rate of Poverty


The listings in West Bay Shore, New York and surrounding areas provide the following services:

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



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Are drugs and alcohol creating destruction in your life in West Bay Shore, NY.? Do you know of someone in West Bay Shore, NY. that is going down the dark path of drug or alcohol addiction? It is very easy for someone to fall into the trap of addiction, but an individual soon realizes that it is extremely difficult to kick an addiction. That is where an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Facility in West Bay Shore comes in, to assist with the seemingly impossible task of treating individuals who have lost hope at ever being sober and happy again.

A Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility in West Bay Shore treats drug addiction and alcoholism by ingraining in an addict that drugs and alcohol are not the solution to their problems and difficulties in life. It teaches an addict that all of their problems have solutions, solutions that can be found through cognitive reasoning and common sense. A Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Treatment Facility in West Bay Shore would put the individual in the frame of mind to overcome life's obstacles by confronting them head on, and obliterates the person's desire to use drugs as a way out.

There are many different types of in-patient and out-patient treatment programs available in West Bay Shore, NY., because each individual has different needs. Examples of programs available in West Bay Shore are Outpatient Rehab Facilities, Short-term Rehab Programs, Inpatient Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities, Long-term Drug and Alcohol Rehab Programs, support group meetings, drug counseling, halfway houses and sober living.

Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Centers in West Bay Shore have a two-prong approach to treatment, both the physical and psychological causes and effects of drug and alcohol addiction. As the individual's brain adapts to the use of a psychoactive substance over time, the effect that the drug creates within the body is lessened. Due to this physical tolerance, more and more drugs or alcohol must be consumed to get high or even get a buzz.

The physical aspect of addiction is the first thing an addict will address when making the decision to seek treatment for addiction. A detoxification program in West Bay Shore, New York delivered by a qualified Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Center will navigate the addict through the uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms that are caused by abruptly coming off of drugs or alcohol. These withdrawal symptoms can last for days, weeks or months; all depending on the drug of choice and individual circumstances. Heroin withdrawal for example will take a considerable amount of time to detox and is a highly painful and uncomfortable process. Detoxification and psychological counseling right from get-go will put the individual on the right path to address issues involved with drug and alcohol abuse. This gives the individual a better chance of having a lasting recovery and prevents relapse.

A Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Center in West Bay Shore, NY. takes the individual out of the environment which may have triggered their addiction, and offers an environment that will ensure a successful recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. The individual will be given tools to better handle life situations and triggers which may have caused their drug use. When the individual completes treatment and does return home, he will do so with a new ability to handle triggers, which will no longer have an influence over him, his actions and behavior.

People who have abused drugs and alcohol shows changes in their brain. Research shows that these changes in the brain effect how an addict responds to situations. Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Facilities are aware of this and know that an addict will need more than high hopes to beat addiction. This is yet another reason why professional treatment at a Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility in West Bay Shore, NY. is so important.

There are a lot of reasons to seek treatment today, mainly because most people who try to kick the habit on their own will fail and just start using drugs or alcohol again. Tackling addiction and getting control of your life can be achieved by seeking treatment at a Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Facility in West Bay Shore, NY. It doesn't have to be another failure, sobriety can be achieved with the right technology and the care and support of people who want to see you winning again. Don't think about it, do something about it and get your life or the life of someone you care about on the road to a sober and happy life today. Treatment can begin immediately by finding which option is best for you at one of the many Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Programs in West Bay Shore, NY.

Getting Help

Call toll free 855 Stop-Drugs (855-786-7378) and speak to a professional Registered Addiction Specialist or simply fill out the West Bay Shore, New York Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Program request form and a counselor will contact you shortly.

There are no listings in West Bay Shore, NY. so we have provided the 20 closest treatment facilities arranged by distance from West Bay Shore, New York:

Family Servs League of Suffolk County Bay Shore, NY 1.2 miles from West Bay Shore
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Family Serv League of Suffolk County Bay Shore, NY 1.6 miles from West Bay Shore
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, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance
Southside Hospital Bay Shore, NY 1.6 miles from West Bay Shore
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance
Suffolk County Dept of Health Services North Babylon, NY 3.1 miles from West Bay Shore
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid
Charles K Post Addiction Treatment Ctr Brentwood, NY 3.3 miles from West Bay Shore
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Halfway House, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Outreach House II Brentwood, NY 3.3 miles from West Bay Shore
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Gay and Lesbian, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Phoenix Houses of Long Island Brentwood, NY 3.3 miles from West Bay Shore
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab
Services Offered: 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, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare
Town of Islip Department of Human Brentwood, NY 3.3 miles from West Bay Shore
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
Town of Islip Dept of Human Services Islip, NY 3.3 miles from West Bay Shore
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Gay and Lesbian, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Crossings Recovery Centers Deer Park, NY 4.6 miles from West Bay Shore
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment 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
Nepenthe Inc Deer Park, NY 4.6 miles from West Bay Shore
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Program
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
Community Counseling Services of Ronkonkoma, NY 5.2 miles from West Bay Shore
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug 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
Phoenix House of Long Island Ronkonkoma, NY 5.2 miles from West Bay Shore
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Residential Beds for Children, 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, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Sanctuary East Ltd East Islip, NY 5.3 miles from West Bay Shore
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, 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, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
CG and D Alc Addiction Services Inc Amityville, NY 7.3 miles from West Bay Shore
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Facility
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, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Seniors/Older Adults, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
Hope for Youth Inc Amityville, NY 7.3 miles from West Bay Shore
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid
Town of Babylon Division of Drug and Amityville, NY 7.3 miles from West Bay Shore
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
WSNCHS East Inc DBA South Oaks Hosp Amityville, NY 7.3 miles from West Bay Shore
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Gay and Lesbian, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance
Long Island Home Amityville, NY 7.3 miles from West Bay Shore
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Males, 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)
Town of Babylon Div of Drug and Amityville, NY 7.3 miles from West Bay Shore
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Faciltity
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance

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

In 2006, there were 1.1 million persons aged 12 or older who had used hallucinogens for the first time within the past 12 months. This estimate was not significantly different from the estimate in 2005 (953,000), but it was higher than the estimates in 2004 (934,000) and 2003 (886,000).

Young adults aged 18 to 22 enrolled full time in college were more likely than their peers not enrolled full time (i.e., part time college students and persons not currently enrolled in college) to use alcohol in the past month, binge drink, and drink heavily. Past month alcohol use was reported by 66.4 percent of full time college students compared with 54.1 percent of persons aged 18 to 22 who were not enrolled full time. Binge and heavy use rates for college students were 45.5 and 19.0 percent, respectively, compared with 38.4 and 13.3 percent, respectively, for 18 to 22 year olds not enrolled full time in college.

Patients will become as dependent on Methadone as they were to heroin or other opiates and suffer difficult withdrawal when finally trying to detox off of this medication.

Taking a large single dose of OxyContin could cause severe respiratory depression ? slowed or difficulty breathing that can lead to death.

Orally administered cocaine takes approximately 30 minutes to enter the bloodstream.

After the initial euphoric feeling a heroin user experiences an alternately wakeful and drowsy state.


The following survey was completed by residents of West Bay Shore, New York as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in West Bay Shore, New York. 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 West Bay Shore, New York.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
Marijuana use in West Bay Shore, New York.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
Perception of Alcohol in West Bay Shore, New York.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in West Bay Shore, New York?
Boredom
Curiousity
Drugs were all around
Family problem
Hopelessness
It was easy to get
None of the above
Peer Pressure
To fit in
Unhappiness
Most common first drug experience in West Bay Shore, New York?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
Use of drugs and alcohol in West Bay Shore, New York schools.
Have you ever gone to school in West Bay Shore, New York under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
Have you ever gone to school in West Bay Shore, New York under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
What is the most common drug used in your school in West Bay Shore, New York?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
Your Gender?
Female
Male
Surveys updated monthly.

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