Ada, Oklahoma

Ada, Oklahoma, in Pontotoc county, is 53 miles SE of Norman, Oklahoma (center to center) and 67 miles SE of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The city has a population of 15,691.

The People and Families of Ada

In Ada, about 45% of adults are married. Lots of people in Ada live independently, in one-person housing. The city has its share of unmarried adults.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Ada had a median family income of $31,805. Ada benefits from its educated workforce.

Political Inclinations

In the 2004 Presidential fund-raising sweepstakes, George W. Bush came out ahead among Ada residents, with $9,165. Residents gave more to the Republican party than any of the others.

Ada Housing

In Ada, 50% of the houses and apartments are occupied by the owners, not rented out. Landlords in the city rent a large number of single bedroom units.

Commuting

In Ada, 95% of commuters drive to work. Most residents would agree that driving around Ada is a bit easier than around other cities of its size.

Nearby Cities and Towns

LocationPop.Median Family
Income (2000)
Ada15,691$31,805
Sulphur4,794$35,000

High Points

Ada strengths, compared to Peers (similar size places nationally) or State (other places in Oklahoma):

CategoryTrophy
Short Commute Times
(vs. Peers)
Top 4%Ada Short Commute Times
Affordability of Property Taxes
(vs. Peers)
Top 4%Ada Affordability of Property Taxes
College Educated Adults
(vs. State)
Top 6%Ada College Educated Adults
Affordability of Rents
(vs. Peers)
Top 9%Ada Affordability of Rents
Walking and Biking to Work
(vs. State)
Top 16%Ada Walking and Biking to Work


The listings in Ada, Oklahoma and surrounding areas provide the following services:

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



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Are drugs and alcohol creating destruction in your life in Ada, OK.? Do you know of someone in Ada, OK. 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 a Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehab Program in Ada 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 Rehab Center in Ada 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. An Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Center in Ada 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 Ada, OK., because each individual has different needs. Examples of programs available in Ada are Outpatient Drug Rehabs, Short-term Drug Rehabilitation, Inpatient Treatment Facilities, Long-term Treatment Facilities, support group meetings, drug counseling, halfway houses and sober living.

Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Centers in Ada 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 Ada, Oklahoma delivered by a qualified Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Program 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.

An Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Rehab Program in Ada, OK. 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 Treatment or Alcohol Rehabilitation Center in Ada, OK. 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 Center in Ada, OK. 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 Ada, OK.

Getting Help

Call toll free 855 Stop-Drugs (855-786-7378) and speak to a professional Registered Addiction Specialist or simply fill out the Ada, Oklahoma Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Facility request form and a counselor will contact you shortly.

There are 4 local Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Programs in Ada, Oklahoma. We have also provided 16 additional Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Programs that are closest geographically to Ada:

Ada Area Chemical Dependency Ctr Inc Ada, OK
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Gay and Lesbian, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Seniors/Older Adults, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Area Youth Shelter Inc Ada, OK
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, 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)
Mental Health Services of Ada, OK
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mental Health Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare
Rolling Hills Hospital Ada, OK
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Mental Health Services, Seniors/Older Adults
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Family Crisis Center Inc Coalgate, OK 3.2 miles from Ada
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Clay Crossing Foundation Inc Maud, OK 22.1 miles from Ada
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Halfway House, Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Seniors/Older Adults
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Wewoka Indian Health Center Wewoka, OK 25.1 miles from Ada
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Outpatient
Tri-City Substance Abuse Center Inc Seminole, OK 26.4 miles from Ada
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Tri City Substance Abuse Center Inc Seminole, OK 32.8 miles from Ada
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: 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, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Absentee Shawnee Tribe Shawnee, OK 37.6 miles from Ada
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Gay and Lesbian, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Seniors/Older Adults, Females
Native American Center of Recovery Inc Shawnee, OK 42.1 miles from Ada
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Center
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Arbuckle Life Solutions Inc Ardmore, OK 45.9 miles from Ada
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Broadway House Inc Ardmore, OK 45.9 miles from Ada
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Halfway House, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Mental Health Services of Ardmore, OK 45.9 miles from Ada
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Norman Regional Hospital Norman, OK 46.1 miles from Ada
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Mental Health Services
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance
Southern Oklahoma Treatment Services Ardmore, OK 46.2 miles from Ada
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Methadone Maintenance, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid
Phoenix Gate Inc Atoka, OK 46.6 miles from Ada
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment 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, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Seniors/Older Adults, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
NAIC Center for Oklahoma Norman, OK 47.4 miles from Ada
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Norman Alcohol and Drug Treatment Ctr Norman, OK 47.4 miles from Ada
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Males, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Gateway to Prevention and Recovery Okemah, OK 49.2 miles from Ada
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Faciltity
Services Offered: Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance

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

Current employment status is also highly correlated with rates of illegal drug use. An estimated 17.1 percent of unemployed adults aged 18 or older were current illegal drug users in 2001 compared with 6.9 percent of those employed full time and 9.1 percent of those employed part time.

Inhalant abuse can produce a series of mind altering effects; some of these effects on the brain are irreversible.

Heroin craving can persist years after drug cessation, particularly upon exposure to triggers such as stress or people, places, and things associated with drug use.

Over 16,000 deaths annually in the United States are due to illegal drug use. However, this estimate is conservative as substance abuse is indirectly associated with deaths from diseases such as HIV/AIDS, hepatitis, tuberculosis, homicides, and other violent crimes.

Heroin accounts for 90 percent of the opiate abuse in the United States.

All drugs that are abused either directly or indirectly target the brain's reward system by flooding the circuit with dopamine. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter that is known to be present in regions of the brain that regulate movement, emotion, cognition, motivation, and feelings of pleasure. The overstimulation of this system of the brain, which rewards our natural behaviors, will produce the euphoric effects that are sought by people who abuse drugs and teach these individuals to repeat the behavior.


The following survey was completed by residents of Ada, Oklahoma as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Ada, Oklahoma. 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 Ada, Oklahoma.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
92%
2%
6%
Marijuana use in Ada, Oklahoma.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
75%
25%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
82%
18%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
3%
91%
6%
Perception of Alcohol in Ada, Oklahoma.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
5%
6%
89%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
93%
7%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
96%
4%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
7%
16%
48%
29%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Ada, Oklahoma?
Boredom
Curiousity
Drugs were all around
Family problem
Hopelessness
It was easy to get
None of the above
Peer Pressure
To fit in
Unhappiness
8%
26%
3%
10%
1%
1%
36%
9%
3%
3%
Most common first drug experience in Ada, Oklahoma?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
22%
5%
3%
5%
3%
4%
11%
5%
8%
4%
23%
7%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Ada, Oklahoma schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Ada, Oklahoma under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
7%
91%
2%
Have you ever gone to school in Ada, Oklahoma under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
5%
82%
13%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Ada, Oklahoma?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
23%
5%
2%
7%
3%
3%
14%
2%
6%
4%
24%
7%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
4%
9%
64%
23%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
66%
34%
Surveys updated monthly.

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