Amity Gardens, PA Profile

Amity Gardens, PA, population 3,370 , is located in Pennsylvania's Berks county, about 26.5 miles from Allentown and 37.5 miles from Philadelphia.

In the 90's the population of Amity Gardens has grown by about 24%.

Amity Gardens Statistics Amity Gardens Gender Information

Males in Amity Gardens: 1,659 (49%)
Females in Amity Gardens: 1,711 (51%)

As % of Population in Amity Gardens in Amity Gardens    

Race Diversity in Amity Gardens

White: 95%
African American: 3%
Asian: 1%
Other/Mixed: 1%

As % of Population in Amity Gardens in Amity Gardens        

Age Diversity in Amity Gardens

Median Age in Amity Gardens: 37.3 (Males in Amity Gardens: 36.5, Females in Amity Gardens: 38.3)

Amity Gardens Males Under 20: 15%     Amity Gardens Females Under 20: 14% Amity Gardens Males 20 to 40: 13%     Amity Gardens Females 20 to 40: 14% Amity Gardens Males 40 to 60: 14%     Amity Gardens Females 40 to 60: 15% Amity Gardens Males Over 60: 7%     Amity Gardens Females Over 60: 8%

Economics in Amity Gardens in Amity Gardens

Amity Gardens Household Average Size: 2.71 people
Amity Gardens Median Household Income: $ 60,586
Amity Gardens Median Value of Homes: $ 136,500


Amity Gardens Location Information
Elevation: 240 feet above sea level. Land Area: 1.0 Square Miles.
Nearby Towns & Cities to Amity Gardens Stowe 3.4 Miles Birdsboro 3.7 Miles Halfway House 4.9 Miles Pottstown 4.9 Miles South Pottstown 5.1 Miles Kenilworth 6.1 Miles Lorane 6.4 Miles Pottsgrove 6.5 Miles Boyertown 6.6 Miles Gilbertsville 7.3 Miles Big Cities Nearest Amity Gardens (Population 100,000+) Allentown 26.5 Miles Philadelphia 37.5 Miles Baltimore 82.5 Miles Elizabeth 84.6 Miles Newark 88.2 Miles Jersey City 92.7 Miles Paterson 93.4 Miles New York 95.9 Miles Yonkers 106.6 Miles Washington 117.9 Miles


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

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



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Are drugs and alcohol creating destruction in your life in Amity Gardens, PA.? Do you know of someone in Amity Gardens, PA. 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 Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Facility in Amity Gardens comes in, to assist with the seemingly impossible task of treating individuals who have lost hope at ever being sober and happy again.

An Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Program in Amity Gardens 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. A Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Center in Amity Gardens 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 Amity Gardens, PA., because each individual has different needs. Examples of programs available in Amity Gardens are Outpatient Drug Rehab Facilities, Short-term Drug Rehab Facilities, Inpatient Addiction Recovery, Long-term Drug and Alcohol Rehab Centers, support group meetings, drug counseling, halfway houses and sober living.

Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Centers in Amity Gardens 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 Amity Gardens, Pennsylvania delivered by a qualified Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Center 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.

A Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehab Facility in Amity Gardens, PA. 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 an Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Program in Amity Gardens, PA. 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 an Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Facility in Amity Gardens, PA. 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 Amity Gardens, PA.

Getting Help

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

There are no listings in Amity Gardens, PA. so we have provided the 20 closest treatment facilities arranged by distance from Amity Gardens, Pennsylvania:

Berks Counseling Center Inc Reading, PA 10.1 miles from Amity Gardens
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Halfway House, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, 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)
Hogar Crea of Reading Reading, PA 10.1 miles from Amity Gardens
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Spanish Speaking
Center for Mental Healthcare Reading, PA 10.9 miles from Amity Gardens
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Jeter Counseling Services Reading, PA 10.9 miles from Amity Gardens
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Center
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Center for Mental Health West Reading, PA 11.4 miles from Amity Gardens
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
Caron Adolescent Treatment Center Wernersville, PA 12.2 miles from Amity Gardens
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Caron Detox Wernersville, PA 12.2 miles from Amity Gardens
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Males, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Richard J Caron Foundation Wernersville, PA 12.2 miles from Amity Gardens
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Rose Kearney House Wernersville, PA 12.2 miles from Amity Gardens
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Center
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Gay and Lesbian, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Developing Apex Inc Wyomissing, PA 13.4 miles from Amity Gardens
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, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Caron Counseling Services Reading, PA 13.5 miles from Amity Gardens
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Chester Counseling Center Phoenixville, PA 14.6 miles from Amity Gardens
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Malvern Institute Malvern, PA 16.9 miles from Amity Gardens
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Males, Outpatient, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Saint John Vianney Center Downingtown, PA 17.4 miles from Amity Gardens
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Reading Hospital and Medical Center Kutztown, PA 18.4 miles from Amity Gardens
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
Eagleville Hospital Eagleville, PA 18.8 miles from Amity Gardens
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Methadone Detoxification, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Males, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, Private health insurance
Caron Treatment Centers Wernersville, PA 19.4 miles from Amity Gardens
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Short term Residential Care 30 Days or Less
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Jeanetter Egan Emmaus, PA 21.1 miles from Amity Gardens
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
Mitchell Clinic Emmaus, PA 21.1 miles from Amity Gardens
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Faciltity
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance
RAFT Recovering Adolescents and Emmaus, PA 21.1 miles from Amity Gardens
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Private health insurance

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

As an individual continues to use methamphetamine, the extreme feeling of intense pleasure will typically begin to fade as they develop a tolerance to the drug; they will take large amounts in a vain attempt to recapture the initial high.

Our brains are wired in a way that ensures that we will repeat activities by associating them with pleasure or reward. Whenever this reward circuit is activated, the brain notes that something important is happening that needs to be remembered; this process in the brain is what strongly reinforces us to repeat the behavior again and again, without even consciously thinking about it. Because drugs of abuse stimulate this same reward circuit within the brain, drug use can easily become a repetitive unconscious act.

The prevalence of SMI among women aged 18 or older (5.6 percent) was higher than that among men in that age group (3.0 percent).

In 2005, there were 2.4 million current cocaine users aged 12 or older, which is more than in 2004 when the number was 2.0 million. However, the change in the rate of current use of cocaine between 2005 and 2004 (1.0 and 0.8 percent, respectively) was not statistically significant.

Inhalant users suffer a high rate of relapse in comparison to the use of many other drugs.

The symptoms of a Vicodin overdose include respiratory depression, extreme drowsiness, slowing of the heartbeat, coma, cardiac arrest or death.


The following survey was completed by residents of Amity Gardens, Pennsylvania as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Amity Gardens, 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 Amity Gardens, Pennsylvania.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
75%
20%
5%
Marijuana use in Amity Gardens, Pennsylvania.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
81%
19%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
78%
22%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
18%
77%
5%
Perception of Alcohol in Amity Gardens, Pennsylvania.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
14%
2%
84%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
83%
17%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
3%
78%
19%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
5%
12%
62%
21%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Amity Gardens, 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
11%
18%
3%
8%
5%
3%
37%
12%
2%
1%
Most common first drug experience in Amity Gardens, Pennsylvania?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
20%
6%
2%
5%
2%
2%
15%
4%
11%
9%
15%
9%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Amity Gardens, Pennsylvania schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Amity Gardens, Pennsylvania under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
2%
94%
4%
Have you ever gone to school in Amity Gardens, Pennsylvania under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
9%
79%
12%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Amity Gardens, Pennsylvania?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
18%
5%
2%
5%
2%
2%
11%
2%
10%
9%
26%
8%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
2%
22%
48%
28%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
54%
46%
Surveys updated monthly.

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