Ambler, Pennsylvania

Ambler, Pennsylvania, in Montgomery county, is 14 miles N of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The town is considered part of the Philadelphia metropolitan area. Ambler has a population of 6,426.

The People and Families of Ambler

In Ambler, about 47% of adults are married.

There is an unusually large share of women in Ambler.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Ambler had a median family income of $51,235. Ambler has a large middle class. To its credit, the people in the town value education and a large proportion are college graduates. You could say that Ambler is a good place if you're looking to marry or date a rich person, with its relatively large population of well-paid single people.

Political Inclinations

In the 2004 election, John Kerry was the top Presidential fund-raiser in Ambler ($29,550). Residents gave more to the Republican party than any of the others.

Crime and Safety

The streets of Ambler are considered safe by both national and state standards.

Ambler Housing

About 58% of housing units in Ambler are owner-occupied. Much of the housing in the town has been around for years. People in Ambler pay more in property taxes per residence than in most communities in the state.

Commuting

In Ambler, 88% of commuters drive to work. Residents of the town, taking advantage of public transportation, try to avoid being as dependent on their cars as people in some other places.

Nearby Cities and Towns

LocationPop.Median Family
Income (2000)
Ambler6,426$51,235
Conshohocken7,589$50,601
Hatboro7,393$58,063
Jenkintown4,478$72,902
Lansdale16,071$54,891
Norristown31,282$42,357
North Wales3,342$63,235

High Points

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

CategoryTrophy
Racial Diversity
(vs. State)		Top 8%Ambler Racial Diversity
Well-Paid Single Women
(vs. State)		Top 8%Ambler Well-Paid Single Women
Public Transportation Use
(vs. Peers)		Top 12%Ambler Public Transportation Use
Well-Paid Single Men
(vs. State)		Top 13%Ambler Well-Paid Single Men
College Educated Adults
(vs. State)		Top 13%Ambler College Educated Adults
Low Property Crime
(vs. Peers)		Top 19%Ambler Low Property Crime
People in Middle Class or Better
(vs. State)		Top 19%Ambler People in Middle Class or Better

The listings in Ambler, Pennsylvania and surrounding areas provide the following services:

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



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Do you live in Ambler, Pennsylvania and have an addiction to drugs or alcohol? Is someone you know or care about battling drug or alcohol addiction and needs help? Drug and alcohol addiction exists everywhere in society today, and when an individual is caught up in addiction it can seem that there is no way out. There is in fact a way out, and it can be found at an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Facility in Ambler.

An Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment Facility in Ambler treats drug addiction and alcoholism by teaching the individual how to overcome problems in life with real solutions, and that drugs and alcohol are not the answer. This can empower the individual, and put them in a position to start winning and achieving their goals. The end result of treatment at an Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment Program in Ambler would be the individual being able to work their way through life and its obstacles, without the need or desire to use drugs or alcohol.

Due to the varying needs of individuals seeking treatment, there are a number of treatment programs available in Ambler to care for someone addicted to drugs and/or alcohol. There are Short-term Drug Treatment, Inpatient Treatment, Long-term Treatment, Outpatient Drug Treatment Programs, support group meetings, drug counseling, halfway houses and sober living.

Treatment at an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Program in Ambler will hone in on the two main causes of addiction, physical and psychological. Over time, the individual's brain adapts to the use of a psychoactive substance, lessening the effect of the drug. Physical tolerance develops as a result. The person ends up having to take more and more drugs or alcohol to try and get back to that first initial high that got them hooked.

Upon commencing treatment, an individual will address the physical aspect of addiction by taking part in a detoxification program in Ambler, Pennsylvania, which will get him through the uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms that are caused by abrupt cessation of a substance. Withdrawal symptoms can typically last for days, weeks or months depending on the type of substance you're dealing with. Heroin withdrawal for example may take quite some time to get through, and is particularly painful. Detoxification along with psychological counseling will get the individual in the right frame of mind to start addressing the psychological issues that are involved with the addiction to drugs or alcohol. This method greatly increases the individual's chances of a successful recovery and prevents relapse.

A Drug Rehab or Alcohol Treatment Program in Ambler, PA. offers a sane environment that is conducive to a successful recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. The individual will be taught how to properly handle life situations and control their own behavior in response to their environment. When the individual returns home following treatment, he will do so with a new mindset on how to engage with friends, family etc. The influences which may have triggered addiction in the individual will not have the same power over him. As part of treatment the individual will have addressed these psychological stressors as a priority and they will no longer have an effect on him.

Studies have shown that an individual who is addicted to drugs and alcohol shows changes in their brain, specifically the way it functions and responds to situations. This is an important reason that professional help at an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Center in Ambler, PA. is the best option to try and beat addiction.

Someone who is caught up in the destructive cycle of addiction is up against a lot, the odds may seem against him. But they aren't if he pursues treatment at a Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehab Program in Ambler, PA. Treatment exists so that the addict is given the best chance at a successful recovery from drug and alcohol addiction. There is hope for you or someone you care about. Addiction has a cure, and treatment at an Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Rehab Center in Ambler is that cure. Don't wait another minute to get the help you deserve.

Getting Help

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

There are 2 local Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Facilities in Ambler, Pennsylvania. We have also provided 18 additional Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Programs that are closest geographically to Ambler:

Horsham Clinic Ambler, PA
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Hospital Inpatient, Mental Health Services, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
UHS Keystone Center Ambler, PA
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab 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, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Childrens Aid Society Lansdale, PA 5.1 miles from Ambler
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Recovery Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Northwestern Human Services of Lansdale, PA 5.1 miles from Ambler
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare
Trinity Behavioral Health Lansdale, PA 5.1 miles from Ambler
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Project Transition Warrington, PA 5.4 miles from Ambler
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance
NHS Montgomery County Lansdale, PA 5.8 miles from Ambler
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Recovery Facility
Services Offered: 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, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
Carson Valley Childrens Aid Colmar, PA 6.5 miles from Ambler
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid
Sobriety Through Outpatient Inc Philadelphia, PA 7.8 miles from Ambler
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab Center
Services Offered: 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, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance
Central Montgomery MH MR Center Norristown, PA 8.3 miles from Ambler
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance
Family House Norristown, PA 8.3 miles from Ambler
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Residential Beds for Children, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Medicare
Montgomery County Methadone Center Norristown, PA 8.3 miles from Ambler
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Methadone Detoxification, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Methadone Maintenance, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Programs In Counseling Norristown, PA 8.3 miles from Ambler
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: American Sign Language, 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
Gaudenzia Norristown, PA 8.6 miles from Ambler
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
Valley Forge Medical Ctr and Hosptial Norristown, PA 8.6 miles from Ambler
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Methadone Maintenance, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Valley Forge Norristown, PA 9.0 miles from Ambler
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Methadone Maintenance, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Fairmont Behavioral Health Systems Philadelphia, PA 9.6 miles from Ambler
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center
Services Offered: Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Outpatient, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Intercommunity Action Inc (INTERAC) Philadelphia, PA 9.6 miles from Ambler
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment 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, Males, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare
Guidance for Growing LLC Souderton, PA 9.9 miles from Ambler
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Philadelphia Teen Challenge Philadelphia, PA 10.6 miles from Ambler
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Program
Services Offered: Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Did You Know? ...
Interesting Facts and Statistics:

Marijuana is classified as a Schedule I drug, meaning it has a high potential for abuse and no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States.

National parks and other public lands in the United States are used for marijuana cultivation sites, primarily by Mexican criminal groups.

Among adults aged 18 or older, past year prevalence of MDE was higher among unemployed persons (11.6 percent) than among persons employed full time (6.6 percent), persons employed part time (7.6 percent), and persons not in the labor force (7.8 percent).

In the eastern United States, heroin is most commonly sold as a powder that is white (or off-white) in color.

The percentage strongly or somewhat disapproving of peers' substance use generally decreased with age. In 2006, disapproval of peers using marijuana once a month or more, for example, was reported by 92.4 percent of teens aged 12 or 13, 82.5 percent of those aged 14 or 15, and 74.0 percent of those aged 16 or 17.

Among the 277 pairs who were discordant for marijuana dependence (that is, one twin but not the other met the criteria for a diagnosis of marijuana dependence), the dependent twins were 2.9 times as likely as their nondependent co-twins to think about suicide without attempting it, and 2.5 times as likely to make a suicide attempt.


Drug Addiction doesn't just destroy the addict, it destroys everything around them. Families and friends that have been affected by a loved one using drugs and need help can attend Nar-Anon meetings to get help for dealing with someone else's addiction that is close to them. Nar-Anon meetings in Ambler:

Horsham Clinic (Conference Center/Building 7)
722 East Butler Pike
Ambler, Pennsylvania

Meeting Days and Times
Fridays, 7:30PM
The following survey was completed by residents of Ambler, Pennsylvania as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Ambler, Pennsylvania. 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 Ambler, Pennsylvania.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
79%
10%
11%
Marijuana use in Ambler, Pennsylvania.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
75%
25%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
87%
13%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
90%
10%
Perception of Alcohol in Ambler, Pennsylvania.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
0%
2%
98%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
86%
14%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
7%
85%
8%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
8%
24%
45%
23%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Ambler, Pennsylvania?
Boredom
Curiousity
Drugs were all around
Family problem
Hopelessness
It was easy to get
None of the above
Peer Pressure
To fit in
Unhappiness
1%
16%
3%
0%
7%
2%
58%
4%
2%
7%
Most common first drug experience in Ambler, Pennsylvania?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
17%
4%
3%
5%
2%
5%
15%
4%
6%
8%
21%
10%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Ambler, Pennsylvania schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Ambler, Pennsylvania under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
14%
81%
5%
Have you ever gone to school in Ambler, Pennsylvania under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
4%
94%
2%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Ambler, Pennsylvania?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
19%
5%
2%
6%
3%
4%
11%
2%
6%
10%
25%
7%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
1%
29%
44%
26%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
72%
28%
Surveys updated monthly.

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