Saratoga, Wyoming

Saratoga, Wyoming, in Carbon county, is 105 miles W of Cheyenne, Wyoming (center to center) and 152 miles NW of Denver, Colorado. As of the year 2000 census, 1,726 people lived in Saratoga.

The People and Families of Saratoga

In Saratoga, about 60% of adults are married.

Saratoga is noted for its large share of males.

Wealth and Education

In 2000, Saratoga had a median family income of $45,362. Significantly, more adults in Saratoga have earned college degrees than have people in most other towns in Wyoming. In the town, a noticeable number of people work from home rather than commuting every day. (Whether or not they're interested in marriage, it's worth noting that there are a lot of high-income single people in Saratoga.)

Political Inclinations

Saratoga residents donated more money ($5,250) to George W. Bush than to the other candidates in the 2004 Presidential race. Across all electoral races, the Republican party attracted the most donations from the town.

Saratoga Housing

An estimated 76% of living spaces in Saratoga are occupied by their owners, not by renters. Vacation or seasonal housing units are not uncommon in the town.

Commuting

In Saratoga, 84% of commuters drive to work. More so than most places, Saratoga is a decent place to commute to work on foot (or bicycle saddle). You might spend less time in the car if you live in the town; people report shorter commutes than most.

High Points

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

CategoryTrophy
Short Commute Times
(vs. Peers)
Top 2%Saratoga Short Commute Times
Walking and Biking to Work
(vs. Peers)
Top 4%Saratoga Walking and Biking to Work
College Educated Adults
(vs. State)
Top 11%Saratoga College Educated Adults
Well-Paid Single Men
(vs. Peers)
Top 15%Saratoga Well-Paid Single Men


The listings in Saratoga, Wyoming and surrounding areas provide the following services:

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



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If you or a loved one living in Saratoga has a drug or alcohol addiction problem, you may be overwhelmed and not know where to turn; but our mission is to support you and to let you know that you do not have to face this situation alone. We care about you and your loved ones in Saratoga, Wyoming; the good news is that you have identified that there is a drug or alcohol abuse problem, and are now looking for a positive solution. We will help you to assess the seriousness of your drug or alcohol abuse problem and to locate the Saratoga Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Treatment Program that will best be suited to your individual needs.

The different types of drug treatment in Saratoga, WY. can include holistic drug and alcohol rehabilitation, Short-term Drug Rehabilitation Centers, Long-term Rehab Programs, Outpatient Drug Rehabilitation Centers, Inpatient Rehab Programs, partial hospitalization, and sober living just to name a few. The type of Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Rehab Program that is needed will depend upon the degree of dependence, the individual's social situation, and the kind of substance which they have become addicted to.

The ultimate goal of all Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Centers should be to enable the individual from Saratoga, Wyoming to achieve lasting abstinence. Much research has indicated that in order for drug and alcohol addiction treatment to be effective, it must teach the individual how to change to their compulsive behaviors in order to remove the addiction and to be able to avoid a possible relapse. Overall, Alcohol Rehab or Drug Rehabilitation Facilities need to address both the physical and psychological dependency of an addiction; the behavioral and social symptoms also need to be adequately addressed before an individual from Saratoga can have the tools that they will need to help sustain that recovery for the remainder of his or her life.

Drug detox is the first step in the Saratoga, WY. rehabilitation treatment process toward recovery from a drug and alcohol addiction. The main goal in this component of the Saratoga Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehabilitation Program is to rid the body of toxins that accumulate over the course of a long term drug or alcohol addiction. It is very common to see individuals from Saratoga, WY. in drug detox that has combined different drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, heroin, or pain pills with alcohol.

When an individual from Saratoga has sustained the use of any of these various kinds of drugs, it causes adaptations within their body that lessen the drug's original effects over time; this is a phenomenon that is known as drug tolerance. At this point, the individual from Saratoga, Wyoming has developed a physical dependency on the substance and withdrawal symptoms will be experienced upon discontinuation. The reason that it is imperative that an individual from Saratoga have professional supervision during the detox process is because the staff at an Alcohol Rehabilitation or Drug Treatment Facility can help to make this process much easier by administering elements of treatment that can help to alleviate some of the painful withdrawal symptoms.

Once the early stages of withdrawal have passed, an individual from Saratoga will then be able to begin a directed, Alcohol Treatment or Drug Rehab Facility that will begin to address aspects of the psychological dependency by teaching behavioral skills that will help them to function without the use of alcohol or drugs. This component in drug recovery treatment will usually involve some type of individual or group counseling. There may also be occupational and behavioral therapies that are utilized as components of treatment in order to help to teach the individual from Saratoga, WY. life and social skills that may have been lost while they were under the influence of addiction.

Before an addict is finally willing to surrender to the Drug Treatment or Alcohol Rehabilitation Program process, they may have already made repeated promises to their loved ones in Saratoga who have been experiencing the negative effects from the individual's drug or alcohol abuse; because of the way that these substances chemically alter the person's brain, these empty promises cannot be fulfilled. If loved ones in Saratoga, Wyoming continue to believe these empty promises, it could possible mean that the addicted person will then have time to overdose on drugs or have a serious car accident while under the influence of drugs or alcohol.

In a Drug Rehabilitation or Alcohol Rehab Program, the individual from Saratoga will become educated about the ways that drugs and alcohol affect the various functions of the brain; they will learn that it was these physiological changes that made it almost impossible for them to stop using on their own, and not personal integrity. As an individual from Saratoga, WY. learns more about how to deal with drug triggers and as they master to the tools that they will need to use in order to stay sober when they return home to Saratoga, they will become confident in their ability to do so.

Getting Help

Because we will hold your hand and guide you through this process, getting help is easy - just dial toll free 855 Stop-Drugs (855-786-7378); you can speak to a registered addiction specialist or just fill out the Saratoga, Wyoming Alcohol Rehab or Drug Treatment Center request form and we will contact you at the soonest available opportunity.

There are no listings in Saratoga, WY. so we have provided the 20 closest treatment facilities arranged by distance from Saratoga, Wyoming:

Carbon County Counseling Center Rawlins, WY 50.1 miles from Saratoga
Primary Service: Drug Treatment 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, 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)
Wyoming Counseling and Outreach Servs Laramie, WY 53.9 miles from Saratoga
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction 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
Yampa Valley Psychotherapists Craig, CO 88.1 miles from Saratoga
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehab Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Private health insurance
Routt County Alcohol Council Steamboat Springs, CO 88.1 miles from Saratoga
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Counseling Place LLP Estes Park, CO 89.5 miles from Saratoga
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol 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, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
ARC Counseling High Trek Ltd Fort Collins, CO 94.8 miles from Saratoga
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Center
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Males, Outpatient, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Managed Adolescent Care Fort Collins, CO 94.8 miles from Saratoga
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab
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, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Self Help Center Inc (SHC) Casper, WY 95.7 miles from Saratoga
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Transitions Family Counseling and Casper, WY 95.7 miles from Saratoga
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab 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, Males, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Seniors/Older Adults, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Wyoming Behavioral Institute Casper, WY 96.8 miles from Saratoga
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Treatment Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Hospital Inpatient, Persons with HIV/AIDS, Mental Health Services, Outpatient, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, Medicare, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance
Luna Counseling LLP Granby, CO 99.2 miles from Saratoga
Primary Service: Drug Treatment and Alcohol Rehabilitation Center
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, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid
Alternatives Counseling and Cheyenne, WY 99.3 miles from Saratoga
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Rehabilitation 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, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE), Access to Recovery
Casper VA Outpatient Clinic Casper, WY 99.5 miles from Saratoga
Primary Service: Drug and Alcohol Addiction Recovery Program
Services Offered: Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Mental Health Services, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Central Wyoming Counseling Center Casper, WY 99.5 miles from Saratoga
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehab and Drug Rehabilitation Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Mix of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, Outpatient, Women That Are Pregnant or Postpartum, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Reflections Casper, WY 99.5 miles from Saratoga
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Center
Services Offered: American Sign Language, Services for Co-occurring Mental and Substance Abuse Disorders, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, 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, State financed insurance (other than Medicaid), Private health insurance, Military insurance (e.g., VA,TRICARE)
Wyoming Recovery Casper, WY 99.5 miles from Saratoga
Primary Service: Drug Rehabilitation and Alcohol Rehab Program
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Drug/Alcohol Detoxification, Halfway House, 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
Alcohol Counseling and Fort Collins, CO 102.0 miles from Saratoga
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Rehab Program
Services Offered: Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
A New Perspective Counseling Centers Fort Collins, CO 102.0 miles from Saratoga
Primary Service: Alcohol and Drug Treatment Program
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Clients With Legal Issues, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Larimer County Institute for Fort Collins, CO 102.0 miles from Saratoga
Primary Service: Alcohol Treatment and Drug Rehab Facility
Services Offered: Teens and Adolescents, Driving Under The Influence/Driving While Intoxicated Offenders, Outpatient, Spanish Speaking, Females
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment
Turning Point Center for Youth and Fort Collins, CO 102.0 miles from Saratoga
Primary Service: Alcohol Rehabilitation 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, Partial Hospitalization/Day Treatment, Residential Care Long-term 30 to 90 Days Treatment, Spanish Speaking
Payment Forms Accepted: Self payment, Medicaid

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

Many deaths have resulted from combining Xanax with alcohol and other medications resulting in fatal respiratory depression.

In 2005, an estimated 2.9 million persons aged 12 or older used an illegal drug for the first time within the past 12 months; this averages to nearly 8,000 initiates per day. This estimate was not significantly different from the number in 2004 (2.8 million). Most initiates (56.1 percent) were younger than age 18 when they first used, and the majority of new users (56.2 percent) were female. The average age at initiation among persons aged 12 to 49 was 18.7 years.

Rates of current use of illegal drugs in 2008 were higher for young adults aged 18 to 25 (19.6 percent) than for teens aged 12 to 17 (9.3 percent) and adults aged 26 or older (5.9 percent). Among young adults, 16.5 percent used marijuana in the past month, 5.9 percent used prescription-type drugs nonmedically, 1.7 percent used hallucinogens, and 1.5 percent used cocaine.

In the college aged population (persons aged 18 to 22 years old), the rate of current use of illegal drugs was lower among full time college students (19.2 percent) than among other persons aged 18 to 22 years, which includes part time college students, students in other grades, and nonstudents (22.6 percent). Current illegal drug use among college students and other 18 to 22 year olds did not change between 2005 and 2006.

Among pregnant women aged 15 to 44 years, 5.1 percent used illegal drugs in the past month based on data averaged for 2007 and 2008. This rate was significantly lower than the rate among women in this age group who were not pregnant (9.8 percent). Among pregnant women, the average rate of current illegal drug use in 2007-2008 (5.1 percent) did not change significantly from 2005-2006 (4.0 percent) and was similar to the rate observed in 2003-2004 (4.6 percent).

The Food and Drug Administration have reported that Xanax need to be considered to be habit forming.


The following survey was completed by residents of Saratoga, Wyoming as part of the USNODRUGS monitoring program. The survey below is a representation of perceptual drug and alcohol usage rates in Saratoga, Wyoming. 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 Saratoga, Wyoming.
Do you believe that using marijuana can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
Marijuana use in Saratoga, Wyoming.
Have you used marijuana in your lifetime?
No
Yes
Have you used marijuana in the past month?
No
Yes
Do you use marijuana regularly?
Maybe
No
Yes
Perception of Alcohol in Saratoga, Wyoming.
Do you believe that drinking alcohol can be harmful?
Maybe
No
Yes
Have you had a binge drinking experience in the past month?
No
Yes
Do you consume alcohol daily?
Maybe
No
Yes
How old were you when you first experimented with alcohol?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
What motivated you to use drugs or alcohol for the first time in Saratoga, Wyoming?
Boredom
Curiousity
Drugs were all around
Family problem
Hopelessness
It was easy to get
None of the above
Peer Pressure
To fit in
Unhappiness
Most common first drug experience in Saratoga, Wyoming?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
Use of drugs and alcohol in Saratoga, Wyoming schools.
Have you ever gone to school in Saratoga, Wyoming under the influence of marijuana?
Maybe
No
Yes
Have you ever gone to school in Saratoga, Wyoming under the influence of alcohol?
Maybe
No
Yes
What is the most common drug used in your school in Saratoga, Wyoming?
Alcohol
Club Drug
Crack Cocaine
Ecstasy
Heroin
Inhalants
Marijuana
Meth
Over The Counter Drug
Powder Cocaine
Prescription Drug
Psychedelic Drug
Your Age?
0-10
11-21
22-31
32 or older
Your Gender?
Female
Male
Surveys updated monthly.

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