Waco, North Carolina

Waco, North Carolina, in Cleveland county, is 15 miles NW of Gastonia, North Carolina (center to center) and 34 miles W of Charlotte, North Carolina. There are an estimated 328 people in the town.

The People and Families of Waco

In Waco, about 57% of adults are married.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Waco had a median family income of $38,750.

Waco Housing

Approximately 73% of housing in Waco is owner-occupied.

Commuting

In Waco, 92% of commuters drive to work.


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

(7) Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services
(19) Outpatient
(11) Teens and Adolescents
(9) Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders
(2) Gay and Lesbian
(2) Seniors/Older Adults
(9) Females
(5) Males
(9) Clients With Legal Issues
(3) Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum
(14) Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders
(2) Mental Health Services
(1) Halfway House
(1) Drug/Alcohol Detoxification
(3) Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
(2) Spanish Speaking
(3) American Sign Language
(1) Persons with HIV/AIDS



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Do you or someone that you care about live in Waco, North Caroli an and are seeking help for a drug or alcohol addiction? It does not matter what drugs have been used or how long the addiction has been going on, you are not alone, and help is readily available. We truly understand what you are going through and want to support you through ever single step in the process of finding a Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Treatment Program, so that you or your loved one can finally be free of your drug or alcohol addiction. You are not alone in this situation; we are here to hold your hand and guide you every step of the way.

The best possible option for the treatment of a drug or alcohol addiction is to find a quality Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility in Waco. The most important goal of any Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Center in Waco, NC. should be to help the individual that is in treatment to get to the place where they will be able to live their life successfully without using drugs and alcohol. By doing this, these individuals can avoid the dreadful consequences that are so often associated with addiction and alcoholism. An individual that is able to remain sober will not have to deal with all of the negative consequences are so often linked to a drug or alcohol addiction problem.

There are so many available treatment approaches that are in close proximity to Waco, including Short-term Drug Rehabs, Long-term Addiction Treatment Centers, Outpatient Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facilities, Inpatient Drug and Alcohol Rehabs, sober living, halfway houses, support group meetings and drug counseling. We are here to help you to figure out what drug rehab treatment approach would best serve you or your loved one in Waco, North Carolina that is struggling with a drug or alcohol addiction.

A quality Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Facility in Waco, should make a point of focusing on both the physical and the psychological aspects of the drug or alcohol addiction. The physical aspect of the drug or alcohol addiction can be treated by the detoxification component of the Waco, North Caroli an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Facility; a treatment program will be able to assist the individual by helping to alleviate some of the uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms that accompany the detox process. The withdrawal symptoms occur because the brain has adapted to the consistent use of the substance; after a period of time, it will take more and more of the substance, in order to produce the same desired effects. It is at this point, that the individual from Waco has developed a physical tolerance to the drugs such as cocaine, heroin, marijuana, opiates, and alcohol, just to name a few. When an individual from Waco, North Caroli an abruptly discontinues any type of substance that their body has become accustomed to having, serious withdrawal symptoms may occur; the body may take several weeks or even months to return to normal functioning, depending on what types of drugs have been abused. If an individual from Waco has been addicted to a drug such as heroin, the associated withdrawal symptoms may be much more severe.

An Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Center in Waco also needs to address the various psychological issues that are invariably associated with a drug or alcohol addiction; a comprehensive recovery program will utilize various treatment techniques in order to accomplish this. These components of the Waco, North Caroli an Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment Center can include individual or group counseling, drug relapse prevention education and some form of aftercare treatment or follow up care. All of these elements of an Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment Program will work in unison to help the individual from Waco to get to the root of the drug or alcohol addiction, so that they can maintain long term sobriety.

The best possible solution for an individual from Waco, NC. with a severe drug or alcohol addiction, is to locate an Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Facility that statistically has a high rate of long term success. A top notch Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Rehab Program in Waco will ultimately be equipped to administer a comprehensive treatment program that will help the individual in every single aspect of their daily lives.

In order for an individual from Waco to experience a successful drug recovery, they have to relearn many of the skills that they will use in their daily lives. They will need to use these skills daily, when they return home to Waco, North Carolina, where they will encounter some of the reminders and triggers from their drug using days. An Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Program in Waco will have educated the recovering addict on how to successfully respond to these familiar triggers that can often produce a high amount of psychological stress.

Many individuals from Waco, NC. may try to overcome a drug or alcohol addiction without professional help. Because of the ways in which drugs alter the various functions in the brain, an individual from Waco with the strongest desire to overcome their drug or alcohol addiction on their own will only meet with failure. With all of the above mentioned challenges that are associated with overcoming a drug or alcohol addiction, it is no wonder that so many people from Waco each year enroll in an Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Facility. There are so many important reasons why an individual should enroll in a Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility in Waco, but the best reason is to be able to once again be close to family and loved ones.

Getting Help

Getting help is easy, just dial toll free 855 Stop-Drugs (855-786-7378) in order to speak to a registered addiction specialist or simply fill out the Waco, North Carolina Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehab Program request form and a counselor will contact you shortly.

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

Wellness Training Associates Inc Shelby, NC 7.7 miles from Waco
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Facility
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, Males, Outpatient, Seniors/Older Adults, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Phoenix Counseling Center Shelby, NC 9.9 miles from Waco
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Recovery Dynamics Lincolnton, NC 13.2 miles from Waco
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Acts in Recovery Inc Lincolnton, NC 13.8 miles from Waco
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Carolinas Counseling and Consulting Belmont, NC 14.2 miles from Waco
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mental Health Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Flynn Fellowship Home of Gastonia, NC 15.5 miles from Waco
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Halfway House
Insights in Recovery Gastonia, NC 15.5 miles from Waco
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Center
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Carolinas Psychiatric Association Gastonia, NC 17.1 miles from Waco
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Center
Services Offered: Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, 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)
Outreach Management Services LLC Gastonia, NC 17.1 miles from Waco
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, 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)
Self Concepts Clinical Counseling Inc Gastonia, NC 17.1 miles from Waco
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Faciltity
Services Offered: 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, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Sunpath LLC Gastonia, NC 17.1 miles from Waco
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
Recovery Center Gaston Lincoln Gastonia, NC 18.3 miles from Waco
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation 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, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Turning Point Behavioral Health Group Gastonia, NC 18.3 miles from Waco
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Gay and Lesbian, Persons with HIV/AIDS, 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)
Counseling and Substance Abuse of Hickory, NC 22.8 miles from Waco
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab 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, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, 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)
Phoenix Hickory Hickory, NC 22.8 miles from Waco
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Facility
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
Universal Mental Health Services Inc Forest City, NC 23.5 miles from Waco
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Program
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, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Steps to Success Hickory, NC 23.6 miles from Waco
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid
Cherokee County Commission on Gaffney, SC 23.6 miles from Waco
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Doris Lasley and Associates Newton, NC 23.8 miles from Waco
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Clay Wilson and Associates Hickory, NC 25.6 miles from Waco
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Recovery 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, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)

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

Although the rate of drug use was higher among unemployed persons than other employment groups, most drug users were employed. Of the 13.4 million illegal drug users aged 18 or older in 2001, 10.2 million (76.4 percent) were employed either full or part time.

In 2005, the number of new nonmedical users of OxyContin? aged 12 or older was 526,000, with an average age at first use of 23.2 years among those aged 12 to 49. These estimates are similar to estimates for 2004 (615,000 and 22.9 years, respectively).

Among the 5.1 million adults who reported an unmet need for mental health care and did not receive mental health services in the past year, several barriers to care were reported. These included an inability to afford care (42.7 percent), believing at the time that the problem could be handled without care (28.6 percent), not knowing where to go for care (19.8 percent), and not having the time to go for care (13.9 percent).

The rate of current illegal drug use among persons aged 12 or older in 2007 (8.0 percent) was similar to the rate in 2006 (8.3 percent).

Health care providers should make note of any increases in the amount of a medication needed - which may indicate the development of tolerance - or when a patient begins to make frequent requests for refills before the quantity prescribed should have been used.

Taking Ecstasy in combination with LSD is calling "candy flipping".


The following survey was completed by residents of Waco, North Carolina as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Waco, 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 Waco, North Carolina.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
82%
8%
10%
Marijuana use in Waco, North Carolina.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
93%
7%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
83%
17%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
11%
79%
10%
Perception of Alcohol in Waco, North Carolina.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
4%
15%
81%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
91%
9%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
85%
15%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
6%
30%
42%
22%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Waco, 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%
27%
3%
0%
8%
0%
43%
0%
1%
3%
Most common first drug experience in Waco, North Carolina?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
19%
2%
3%
5%
2%
3%
12%
2%
9%
6%
30%
7%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Waco, North Carolina schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Waco, North Carolina under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
7%
82%
11%
Have you ever gone to school in Waco, North Carolina under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
1%
95%
4%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Waco, North Carolina?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
17%
5%
3%
4%
2%
5%
11%
2%
8%
6%
28%
9%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
5%
15%
55%
25%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
89%
11%
Surveys updated monthly.

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