Fairplains, NC Profile

Fairplains, NC, population 2,051 , is located in North Carolina's Wilkes county, about 51.2 miles from Winston-Salem and 69.4 miles from Charlotte.

In the 90's the population of Fairplains has declined by about 12%.

Fairplains Statistics Fairplains Gender Information

Males in Fairplains: 987 (48%)
Females in Fairplains: 1,064 (52%)

As % of Population in Fairplains in Fairplains    

Race Diversity in Fairplains

White: 80%
African American: 15%
Other/Mixed: 5%

As % of Population in Fairplains in Fairplains      

Age Diversity in Fairplains

Median Age in Fairplains: 40.3 (Males in Fairplains: 39.5, Females in Fairplains: 41.7)

Fairplains Males Under 20: 11%     Fairplains Females Under 20: 12% Fairplains Males 20 to 40: 14%     Fairplains Females 20 to 40: 13% Fairplains Males 40 to 60: 13%     Fairplains Females 40 to 60: 14% Fairplains Males Over 60: 10%     Fairplains Females Over 60: 13%

Economics in Fairplains in Fairplains

Fairplains Household Average Size: 2.31 people
Fairplains Median Household Income: $ 28,563
Fairplains Median Value of Homes: $ 65,300


Fairplains Location Information
Elevation: 1,340 feet above sea level. Land Area: 4.6 Square Miles.
Nearby Towns & Cities to Fairplains North Wilkesboro 2.8 Miles Cricket 3.0 Miles Mulberry 3.2 Miles Wilkesboro 3.7 Miles Hays 4.1 Miles Millers Creek 4.8 Miles Moravian Falls 7.2 Miles Ronda 11.9 Miles Pleasant Hill 15.6 Miles Love Valley 17.1 Miles Big Cities Nearest Fairplains (Population 100,000+) Winston-Salem 51.2 Miles Charlotte 69.4 Miles Greensboro 76.5 Miles Durham 126.8 Miles Raleigh 143.8 Miles Fayetteville 150.4 Miles Columbia 152.2 Miles Knoxville 155.6 Miles Augusta 194.3 Miles Athens 199.5 Miles


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

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



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If you or a loved one living in Fairplains 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 Fairplains, North Carolina; 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 Fairplains Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Program that will best be suited to your individual needs.

The different types of drug treatment in Fairplains, NC. can include holistic drug and alcohol rehabilitation, Short-term Drug Treatment Centers, Long-term Treatment, Outpatient Treatment, Inpatient Treatment, partial hospitalization, and sober living just to name a few. The type of Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Facility 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 Fairplains, North Carolina 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 Fairplains 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 Fairplains, NC. rehabilitation treatment process toward recovery from a drug and alcohol addiction. The main goal in this component of the Fairplains Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Rehab Center 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 Fairplains, NC. in drug detox that has combined different drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, heroin, or pain pills with alcohol.

When an individual from Fairplains 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 Fairplains, North Carolina 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 Fairplains have professional supervision during the detox process is because the staff at a Drug Rehab or Alcohol Treatment Facility 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 Fairplains will then be able to begin a directed, Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehab Program 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 Fairplains, NC. 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 Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehabilitation Program process, they may have already made repeated promises to their loved ones in Fairplains 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 Fairplains, North Carolina 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 an Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Center, the individual from Fairplains 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 Fairplains, NC. 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 Fairplains, 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 Fairplains, North Carolina Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Center request form and we will contact you at the soonest available opportunity.

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

Synergy Recovery at the North Wilkesboro, NC 1.5 miles from Fairplains
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 1.5 miles from Fairplains
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 1.5 miles from Fairplains
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 19.6 miles from Fairplains
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 River Mental Health Sparta, NC 20.5 miles from Fairplains
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Center
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 21.1 miles from Fairplains
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Center
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
New Dawn Recovery Yadkinville, NC 26.5 miles from Fairplains
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Clean on Green Lenoir, NC 26.7 miles from Fairplains
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Program
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Hope Valley Inc Dobson, NC 27.6 miles from Fairplains
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
W David Holden, Counselor Boone, NC 28.0 miles from Fairplains
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab 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)
Bethel Colony of Mercy Lenoir, NC 28.6 miles from Fairplains
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Recovery Program
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 28.6 miles from Fairplains
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program
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 30.1 miles from Fairplains
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Program
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
First Things First Inc Boone, NC 30.5 miles from Fairplains
Primary Service: Drug Rehab 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, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
W David Holden Boone, NC 30.5 miles from Fairplains
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Mental Health Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
Donlin Group Inc Statesville, NC 30.5 miles from Fairplains
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation 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)
New River Behavioral Healthcare Blowing Rock, NC 31.4 miles from Fairplains
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Halfway House, Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Delphi Counseling Services Mount Airy, NC 32.0 miles from Fairplains
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment 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)
Counseling Center of Iredell Mooresville, NC 32.5 miles from Fairplains
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
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 32.5 miles from Fairplains
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance

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

Based on 2004-2006 combined data, the five most often reported reasons for not receiving illegal drug or alcohol use treatment among persons who needed but did not receive treatment at a specialty facility and perceived a need for treatment included (a) not ready to stop using (37.2 percent), (b) no health coverage and could not afford cost (30.9 percent), (c) possible negative effect on job (13.3 percent), (d) not knowing where to go for treatment (12.6 percent), and (e) concern that might cause neighbors/community to have negative opinion (11.0 percent).

Controversial rapper Eminem includes lyrics in a song about Vicodin in his music .Courtney Love, quarterback Brett Favre and Cindy McCain, wife of Senator John McCain, have all been brave enough to come forward to address their addictions. And "Friend" Matthew Perry beat Vicodin three years ago but since that time has checked back into rehab last month for unknown reasons.

Based on 2004-2005 combined data, among persons who needed but did not receive illegal drug or alcohol use treatment, felt they needed treatment, and made an effort to receive treatment, the four most often reported reasons for not receiving treatment were (a) cost or insurance barriers (44.4 percent), (b) other access barriers (21.2 percent), (c) not ready to stop using (21.1 percent), and (d) stigma (18.5 percent).

Amphetamine has been, and is still, used by militaries around the world.

Among young adults aged 18 to 25 years, the rate of past month any illegal drug use increased between 2000 and 2001, rising from 15.9 to 18.8 percent. Increases were evident for current use of marijuana, cocaine, heroin, hallucinogens, pain relievers, tranquilizers, stimulants, and methamphetamine.

Individuals that choose to supplement their methadone with other opiates will find that their bills at home will often go unpaid, as so much is being spent on these various substances. Struggling to get the drugs that they need in order to not get "dope sick" becomes the main focus of every day.


The following survey was completed by residents of Fairplains, North Carolina as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Fairplains, 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 Fairplains, North Carolina.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
87%
1%
12%
Marijuana use in Fairplains, North Carolina.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
80%
20%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
79%
21%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
7%
87%
6%
Perception of Alcohol in Fairplains, North Carolina.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
8%
92%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
78%
22%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
16%
75%
9%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
0%
6%
67%
27%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Fairplains, 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
15%
16%
3%
8%
2%
0%
53%
0%
0%
3%
Most common first drug experience in Fairplains, North Carolina?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
17%
4%
3%
7%
2%
5%
12%
4%
8%
8%
21%
9%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Fairplains, North Carolina schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Fairplains, North Carolina under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
3%
93%
4%
Have you ever gone to school in Fairplains, North Carolina under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
5%
91%
4%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Fairplains, North Carolina?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
19%
2%
2%
5%
2%
5%
14%
3%
7%
5%
28%
8%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
4%
11%
56%
29%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
63%
37%
Surveys updated monthly.

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