Cricket, NC Profile

Cricket, NC, population 2,053 , is located in North Carolina's Wilkes county, about 53.3 miles from Winston-Salem and 68.2 miles from Charlotte.

In the 90's the population of Cricket has grown by about 2%.

Cricket Statistics Cricket Gender Information

Males in Cricket: 1,049 (51%)
Females in Cricket: 1,004 (49%)

As % of Population in Cricket in Cricket    

Race Diversity in Cricket

White: 92%
Other/Mixed: 8%

As % of Population in Cricket in Cricket    

Age Diversity in Cricket

Median Age in Cricket: 38.3 (Males in Cricket: 36.5, Females in Cricket: 40.8)

Cricket Males Under 20: 11%     Cricket Females Under 20: 11% Cricket Males 20 to 40: 17%     Cricket Females 20 to 40: 13% Cricket Males 40 to 60: 13%     Cricket Females 40 to 60: 13% Cricket Males Over 60: 9%     Cricket Females Over 60: 12%

Economics in Cricket in Cricket

Cricket Household Average Size: 2.38 people
Cricket Median Household Income: $ 27,017
Cricket Median Value of Homes: $ 64,900


Cricket Location Information
Elevation: 1,200 feet above sea level. Land Area: 4.1 Square Miles.
Nearby Towns & Cities to Cricket Wilkesboro 2.6 Miles Millers Creek 2.7 Miles North Wilkesboro 2.7 Miles Fairplains 3.0 Miles Mulberry 4.8 Miles Moravian Falls 5.2 Miles Hays 7.0 Miles Ronda 14.5 Miles Love Valley 17.0 Miles Taylorsville 17.3 Miles Big Cities Nearest Cricket (Population 100,000+) Winston-Salem 53.3 Miles Charlotte 68.2 Miles Greensboro 78.6 Miles Durham 128.9 Miles Raleigh 145.7 Miles Columbia 150.4 Miles Fayetteville 151.5 Miles Knoxville 153.1 Miles Augusta 192.0 Miles Athens 196.6 Miles


The listings in Cricket, North Carolina and surrounding areas provide the following services:

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



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If you or a loved one in Cricket is currently struggling with a drug or alcohol abuse problem, you do not have to face this dilemma on your own. Our compassionate staff can help to take the guesswork out of finding the best Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment Program that will be perfectly suited to your personal needs and preferences. Why should you or anyone in Cricket try to handle this on your own, when professional help is so readily available? We have helped many people in Cricket, North Carolina to take the first step towards being free from their drug or alcohol addiction, and they are now living successful lives within their community.

A Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Program can help an individual from Cricket, NC. that has suffered with a drug and alcohol addiction to make the changes needed to have the ability to live their life drug-free. Drug or alcohol rehab treatment works by first helping the individual from Cricket, North Carolina to recognize the existence of a problem and to overcome the irrational thinking that is so commonly associated with a drug or alcohol addiction. An Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Program will encourage the individual from Cricket to take full responsibility for their drug or alcohol addiction and will reinforce this knowledge in the recovering addict and help them to see that they are responsible for maintaining their sobriety once they complete the treatment process and return home. This gives the recovering addict from Cricket, North Carolina the power over their drug or alcohol addiction and the ability to know they can make their own individual choices.

There are so many types of Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Centers in and around Cricket, that may include Outpatient Drug and Alcohol Rehabs, Short-term Addiction Treatment Centers, Long-term Drug Treatment, Inpatient Drug Rehab Programs, non-traditional, religious-based, or holistic treatment. A factor that may influence an individual from Cricket in their choice of treatment options could be due to the fact that they may have already tried a particular Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Center and failed. Various other factors can limit an individual to a specific type of drug or alcohol addiction treatment due to specific situations, and other times the individual from Cricket can be open to all of the different available options.

The main objective in all of the different types of Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Facilities should be to be able to motivate the individual from Cricket, NC. to achieve a state of long term abstinence. Additionally, a quality Cricket Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehab Facility will have to address all of the aspects of an addiction, including behavioral and social symptoms, and the physical and psychological symptoms that are commonly linked to a drug or alcohol addiction.

The physical aspects of a drug or alcohol addiction are addressed in the detox portion of the Cricket, North Carolina treatment program; a quality Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Facility will be able to support the individual during the detoxification process and can help the individual to be more comfortable during this difficult process. Drug withdrawal symptoms will occur because the brain has adapted to the presence of the substance; after a period of time; thus the individual will now have to use more of the drug in order to produce the same effects. It is at this point, that the individual from Cricket, NC. has developed a tolerance to the drugs that they have been taking, whether it is tranquilizers, cocaine, marijuana, and alcohol, or a combination of these substances. Withdrawal symptoms associated with some illicit drugs such as heroin can often produce withdrawal symptoms that may be severe and prolonged.

An effective Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Facility in Cricket, North Carolina will specifically target the psychological issues that are related to the drug or alcohol abuse. The Cricket, NC. Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Treatment Center may incorporate treatment techniques such as counseling and relapse prevention courses. The combination of all these, along with helping the former addict to recognize and cope with familiar drug triggers, can help the individual to finally get to the root of the drug or alcohol addiction; this will provide the individual from Cricket with the best chance of being able to get sober and to remain that way.

As the individual from Cricket, NC. becomes educated about the addiction process; they will begin to understand that they did not have a chance to stop using drugs or alcohol without receiving professional help. They will learn about the effects of drug and alcohol abuse on the functions of the brain and come to understand that their not being able to stop using drug was not due to weakness, but instead their body's chemical response to the chronic chemical abuse that was encountered.

Reach out for professional help so that you or someone that you care about in Cricket that has a substance abuse problem can finally be free from the prison of addiction.

Getting Help

Getting help is the easy part, as we are right here to guide you through the process; just dial toll free 855 Stop-Drugs (855-786-7378); you can have a free consultation with a registered addiction specialist, or just fill out the Cricket,North Caroli an Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment Facility request form and we will call you shortly.

There are no listings in Cricket, NC. so we have provided the 20 closest treatment facilities arranged by distance from Cricket, North Carolina:

Synergy Recovery at the North Wilkesboro, NC 4.7 miles from Cricket
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid
Yadkin Valley Extended Services West Jefferson, NC 4.7 miles from Cricket
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
New River Substance Abuse Center Wilkesboro, NC 4.7 miles from Cricket
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, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Universal Mental Health Taylorsville, NC 19.1 miles from Cricket
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Recovery Center
Services Offered: 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, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
New Dawn Recovery Yadkinville, NC 21.3 miles from Cricket
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Center
Services Offered: Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
New River Mental Health Sparta, NC 22.9 miles from Cricket
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
New River Mental Healthcare Sparta, NC 23.7 miles from Cricket
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Hope Valley Inc Dobson, NC 24.2 miles from Cricket
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Faciltity
Services Offered: Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Donlin Group Inc Statesville, NC 26.7 miles from Cricket
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment 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, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Counseling Center of Iredell Mooresville, NC 28.7 miles from Cricket
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
ARP Statesville, NC 28.7 miles from Cricket
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Carolina Counseling and Court Services Statesville, NC 28.7 miles from Cricket
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Carolina Psych Group Statesville, NC 28.7 miles from Cricket
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Delphi Counseling Services Mount Airy, NC 29.2 miles from Cricket
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Program
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Males, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
Clean on Green Lenoir, NC 30.0 miles from Cricket
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Bethel Colony of Mercy Lenoir, NC 31.6 miles from Cricket
Primary Service: Alcohol 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
Clean on Green Phoenix Lenoir, NC 31.6 miles from Cricket
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Jims Alcohol and Drug Services Hudson, NC 31.9 miles from Cricket
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
W David Holden, Counselor Boone, NC 33.1 miles from Cricket
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
New River Treatment Center Galax, VA 33.3 miles from Cricket
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance

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

Approximately 70-80% of new hepatitis C infections in the U.S. each year are the result of injection drug use, one of the ways heroin is administered.

The reason that it is so difficult to stop using Xanax and other similar type benzodiazepines is because stopping abruptly enhances the original symptoms of anxiety and panic that the drug was originally prescribed for; this in generally referred to as the experience of a "rebound effect".

Studies show that about 9 percent of marijuana users become addicted, a number that increases among those who start young (to about 17 percent) and among daily users (25-50 percent).

In the college-aged population (persons aged 18 to 22 years old), the rate of current illegal drug use was similar among full-time college students (21.2 percent) and among other persons aged 18 to 22 years, which includes part-time college students, students in other grades, and nonstudents (21.8 percent). Current illegal drug use among college students and other 18 to 22 year olds did not change between 2004 and 2005.

Due to the highly addictive quality of Vicodin and similar narcotics that are commonly prescribed to treat pain, many individuals end up taking more and more of the drug; some eventually switch to a stronger narcotic such as OxyContin or Lortab.

Perceived risk is measured by NSDUH as the percentage reporting that there is great risk in the substance use behavior. Among teens aged 12 to 17, there were no changes in the perceived risk of marijuana, cocaine, heroin, or LSD use between 2004 and 2005. However, between 2002 and 2005, there were increases in the perceived risk of smoking marijuana once a month (from 32.4 to 34.0 percent) and smoking marijuana once or twice a week (from 51.5 to 55.0 percent). On the other hand, the percentage of teens who perceived that trying heroin once or twice is a great risk declined from 58.5 percent in 2002 to 56.5 percent in 2005, and those who perceived that using cocaine once a month is a great risk declined from 50.5 to 48.8 percent.


The following survey was completed by residents of Cricket, North Carolina as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Cricket, North Carolina. 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 Cricket, North Carolina.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
Marijuana use in Cricket, North Carolina.
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 Cricket, North Carolina.
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 Cricket, North Carolina?
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 Cricket, North Carolina?
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 Cricket, North Carolina schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Cricket, North Carolina under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
Have you ever gone to school in Cricket, North Carolina under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
What is the most common drug used in your school in Cricket, North Carolina?
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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