Altoona, Wisconsin Treatment Centers

First Things First Counseling and Consulting Ltd 2519 North Hillcrest Parkway, Suite 201
Altoona, WI 54720

Treatment & Detox Guide

Drug addiction: 'The true cost often ends in tragic loss of life'

THE death of Perry Fowler should remind us once again that the true cost of drugs does not always end at causing misery and fuelling crime but often ends in the tragic loss of life. It also demonstrates that addiction knows no bounds and that drug misuse is not confined, as many would choose to….

Opiates and the Brain – How Addiction Happens

Opiate addiction develops out of a series of changes that take place inside the brain. Over time, these changes alter the brain’s overall structures and chemical processes. As these alterations take shape, a vicious cycle of opiates and the brain ensues for as long as a person continues to use. According to the U. S…..

Boozing Blunts Ability to Read Faces

Heavy drinking can affect the ability to recognize other people’s facial emotions, a new study has found. Researchers used functional MRI to monitor brain activity in 15 abstinent long-term alcoholics while they looked at images of faces with positive or negative emotional expressions. The brain scans revealed decreased activation in the amygdala and hippocampus, regions….

Study blames alcohol for half 1990s Russian deaths

A new study by an international team of public health researchers documents the devastating impact of alcohol abuse on Russia — showing that drinking caused more than half of deaths among Russians aged 15 to 54 in the turbulent era following the Soviet collapse. The 52 percent figure compares to estimates that less than 4….

Treatment centers- the right choice

Today, the larger number of population is under addiction. Addiction can be of any chemical substances, such as the drugs, alcohol, smoking etc, which are capable of altering the physical and mental state of an individual. There is no age limit for any addiction. The addiction rate among teens, adolescents and adults is increasing every….