Bluffton, South Carolina

Bluffton, South Carolina is 17 miles NE of Savannah, Georgia (center to center) and 139 miles N of Jacksonville, Florida. It is in Beaufort county. The population of the town is 1,275.

The People and Families of Bluffton

In Bluffton, about 54% of adults are married. The size of households in Bluffton is larger than most.

Approximately 37% of Bluffton is non-white. The town is home to people of a variety of races.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Bluffton had a median family income of $48,611. Bluffton is one of the richer towns in South Carolina. A large stable middle class is one of the strengths of the town. A sizable number of people in Bluffton work from home.

Political Inclinations

Among Bluffton political contributors, George W. Bush was favored among Presidential candidates in 2004, with $72,520. The Republican party attracted the largest share of donations from the town.

Bluffton Housing

Of the housing in Bluffton, approximately 83% is occupied by their owners. A good bit of the housing in the town is used seasonally or for leisure or vacation purposes. Newer housing units are not uncommon in Bluffton. Real estate taxes per home are higher in the town than most places in South Carolina.

Commuting

In Bluffton, 90% of commuters drive to work.

High Points

Bluffton strengths, compared to Peers (similar size places nationally) or State (other places in South Carolina):

CategoryTrophy
Racial Diversity
(vs. Peers)
Top 3%Bluffton Racial Diversity
Median Family Income
(vs. State)
Top 18%Bluffton Median Family Income
People in Middle Class or Better
(vs. State)
Top 19%Bluffton People in Middle Class or Better


The listings in Bluffton, South Carolina and surrounding areas provide the following services:

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



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Are you battling an addiction to drugs or alcohol and live in Bluffton, South Carolina? Do you have a friend or family member that is addicted to drugs or alcohol in Bluffton and you don't know where to turn to for help? Addiction to any substance can be a very dark and lonely place, not just for the abuser but for anyone that cares about them. All hope is not lost; there are effective solutions out there. We can help you find an Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Center in Bluffton that will be appropriate for your treatment needs.

An Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment Program in Bluffton is a perfect solution for the treatment of drug addiction and alcoholism. Treatment will be geared towards helping the individual overcome their need to fix problems in their life with drugs and alcohol. Once they can grasp this, they will be able to cope with life situations more appropriately and resolve their problems without substances.

There are a variety of approaches to addiction treatment. Examples offered in Bluffton are Outpatient Treatment, Long-term Rehab Programs, Short-term Drug Treatment Centers, Inpatient Rehab Programs, support group meetings, drug counseling, halfway houses and sober living.

Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Centers in Bluffton will target both the physical and psychological aspects of addiction. Individuals are treated for physical addiction by undergoing a detoxification program in Bluffton, South Carolina to assist with the uncomfortable withdrawal symptoms which result when an addict discontinues use of a substance they are addicted to. Continued use of a psychoactive substance over time causes the brain to adapt to the presence of the drug, making the desired effect minimal. Physical tolerance to drugs such as heroin, amphetamines, cocaine, nicotine and alcohol develops in this way. Over time, more and more of the addictive drug is required to get the same effect. Quitting an addictive drug abruptly causes serious withdrawal symptoms, which may take the body weeks or months to return to normal function. Withdrawing from hardcore drugs such as heroin can cause extremely severe and painful withdrawal symptoms, which can last for quite some time.

A Drug Rehab or Alcohol Rehabilitation Center in Bluffton will be able to administer a professional detox as well as assistance with psychological issues. These underlying psychological issues are at the root of all drug and alcohol addiction problems. Addressing this head on will decrease the chances of relapse and increase the chances of a fully rehabilitated and contributing member of society. A Drug Rehab or Alcohol Treatment Program in Bluffton, SC. has proven to be the most successful method for treating an individual with a severe drug addiction problem. A Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehabilitation Program in Bluffton, follows a rigid, comprehensive program to ensure a successful recovery. This program addresses every aspect of addiction and every area where the person could be having trouble.

To ensure a lasting recovery, the individual must gain the knowledge, abilities and "life tools" to change their behavior and reaction to situations. The individual's program will be focused on strategies for returning home to Bluffton, from an Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Rehab Program and even running into prior drug using friends or acquaintances in Bluffton. Upon completion of their program, the individual will be able to deal with the reminders and triggers in Bluffton which may have prompted their drug use, as these same triggers can produce psychological stressors. These psychological stressors, if not addressed, can make it very hard for an individual to control their response to drug using impulses. Research has shown that an addict shows changes in the way their brain functions after having discontinued using drugs and/or alcohol. Because of this, even an individual with the best of intentions may find it extremely hard to overcome drug addiction or alcoholism without professional addiction treatment.

So you can see that a recovering addict has a lot to deal with when deciding to kick the habit. With triggers, drug cravings, and changes in the way their brain functions due to habitual drug use, seeking help at a Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehabilitation Center to successfully recovery from drug and alcohol addiction is a no-brainer.

A person that is serious about the decision to get sober should enroll in an Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Center in Bluffton, SC. Why fail again on your own? Why lose another friend or push a family member even further away? Why beg, cheat, and steal just to get drugs or alcohol, risking legal problems and jail time? You don't have to be depressed and unhappy because of excessive drug or alcohol use. There is help available, even for the most severe addicts.

Getting Help

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

There are no listings in Bluffton, SC. so we have provided the 20 closest treatment facilities arranged by distance from Bluffton, South Carolina:

Behavioral Health Branch Parris Island, SC 16.9 miles from Bluffton
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Recovery Faciltity
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Recovery Concepts LLC Ridgeland, SC 17.1 miles from Bluffton
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Persons with HIV/AIDS, Methadone Maintenance, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Recovery Place Inc Savannah, GA 20.2 miles from Bluffton
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Beaufort County Beaufort, SC 21.5 miles from Bluffton
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab Center
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
Assisted Recovery Center of GA Inc Savannah, GA 22.9 miles from Bluffton
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Center
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Gateway Behavorial Health Services Bloomingdale, GA 26.3 miles from Bluffton
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, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
New Life Center Commission on Alcohol Hampton, SC 44.5 miles from Bluffton
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Facility
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, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
Fraser Center Hinesville, GA 45.1 miles from Bluffton
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment 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, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Gateway Community Service Board Hinesville, GA 45.1 miles from Bluffton
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Addiction Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
Colleton Commission on Round O, SC 47.2 miles from Bluffton
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Bulloch Recovery Resources Statesboro, GA 54.0 miles from Bluffton
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehabilitation Center
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Pineland MH MR SA CSB Statesboro, GA 54.2 miles from Bluffton
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: Residential Beds for Children, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Gay and Lesbian, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Females
Willingway Hospital Statesboro, GA 54.2 miles from Bluffton
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Halfway House, Hospital Inpatient, 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, Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
New Life Center Commission on Allendale, SC 55.9 miles from Bluffton
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, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
New Life Center Allendale, SC 58.4 miles from Bluffton
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid)
437th Medical Group Charleston AFB, SC 64.6 miles from Bluffton
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Gateway Behavioral Health Services Darien, GA 65.0 miles from Bluffton
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Residential Beds for Children, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, 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, Private health insurance
Clinical Solutions of Charleston PA Charleston, SC 65.9 miles from Bluffton
Primary Service: Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Program
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
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicare
Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC 65.9 miles from Bluffton
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Hospital Inpatient, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Ralph H Johnson VA Medical Center Charleston, SC 65.9 miles from Bluffton
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Center
Services Offered: Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Halfway House, Hospital Inpatient, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)

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

According to the National Household Survey that was taken during 2009, 5.3 million people reported using Vicodin and other prescription pain relievers for recreational use.

Street dealers often promote methadone as a heroin alternative; it is such a potent drug, that sales of methadone on the street have recently skyrocketed.

States in the Northeast (Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont) and the West (Alaska, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington) had the lowest rates of perceived great risk of using marijuana occasionally (once a month) among persons aged 12 or older. Only about 27 percent of all persons aged 12 or older in Washington thought that occasional use was a great risk (Table B.4). Eight of the States having the lowest perceived risks also had rates in the highest fifth for past month marijuana use for persons aged 12 or older. Similarly, of the 10 States indicating the highest perceived risk of occasional marijuana use among persons aged 12 or older, five had past month marijuana use rates that were in the lowest fifth (Alabama, Georgia, Iowa, Mississippi, and Texas).

When a methamphetamine user builds a tolerance to the drug, they can either increase the dose that they consume or as enhancements such as bleach or drain cleaner to the drug.

It is estimated that more than 40 million Americans suffer from chronic long term pain. When treating pain, doctor's have long wrestled with the question of how to relieve a patient's suffering by prescribing an effective medication, while avoiding the potential for that patient to become addicted to the pain medication.

The percentage of teens who reported that illegal drugs would be easy to obtain was associated with age, with perceived availability increasing with age. For example, in 2006, 20.7 percent of those aged 12 or 13 said it would be fairly or very easy to obtain marijuana compared with 52.9 percent of those aged 14 or 15 and 73.9 percent of those aged 16 or 17.


Strong support groups and sober friends are very helpful for recovering Alcoholics after rehab. Alcoholics Anonymous provides meetings that recovering alcoholics can attend to help stay focused on their sobriety. You can find AA meetings at the following locations in Bluffton:

Fresh Start Group
Bluffton
South Carolina
Bluffton, South Carolina 29910

AA Meeting Days and Times
Monday, 7:30 AM
The following survey was completed by residents of Bluffton, South Carolina as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Bluffton, South 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 Bluffton, South Carolina.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
86%
4%
10%
Marijuana use in Bluffton, South Carolina.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
85%
15%
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
80%
20%
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
11%
76%
13%
Perception of Alcohol in Bluffton, South Carolina.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
11%
3%
86%
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
83%
17%
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
9%
76%
15%
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
7%
3%
67%
23%
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Bluffton, South 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
9%
4%
2%
0%
4%
1%
65%
10%
2%
3%
Most common first drug experience in Bluffton, South Carolina?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
18%
2%
3%
8%
2%
2%
12%
2%
9%
4%
29%
9%
Use of drugs and alcohol in Bluffton, South Carolina schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Bluffton, South Carolina under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
3%
93%
4%
Have you ever gone to school in Bluffton, South Carolina under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
5%
91%
4%
What is the most common drug used in your school in Bluffton, South Carolina?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
23%
5%
3%
4%
3%
5%
14%
4%
9%
4%
17%
9%
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
10%
16%
48%
26%
Your Gender?
Female
Male
19%
81%
Surveys updated monthly.

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