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Can a Video Game Cure Alcoholism?
電腦游戲幫你戒除多年酒癮
From treatment to cold turkey,51-year-old Beverly Ewell has tried everything to beat his 40-year-old addiction to alcohol.
從治療到強制中止，51歲的Beverly Ewell嘗試了所有能夠戒掉他40多年酒癮的辦法。
"I'm just tired,tired of using the drugs and alcohol,tired of losing jobs,tired of being homeless. And just wanted a better life."
“我已經(jīng)厭倦了，厭倦了藥物、厭倦了酒精、厭倦了失業(yè)、厭倦了無家可歸。我只是想過正常的生活。”
A new technology may just help him kick his old problem.
一種新科技也許能夠幫助他改掉他的老毛病。
"It is hands-on. You know,it gave you something you can see and actually do. For me it's a, I learn by experience. You know just doing it over and over,and just starts stick after a while."
“這是一種親身體驗的方法。它能夠讓你實踐也能讓你看到。對我而言，我從中獲得經(jīng)驗。我不斷地練習(xí)，后來能夠堅持了。”
The Guardian Angel game is a collaboration between the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center downtown and the University of Central Florida. Currently in the study phase, the game works by guiding players through real life scenario's facing addicts in recovery.
守護天使游戲（The Guardian Angel game）是the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center downtown與the University of Central Florida聯(lián)合開發(fā)的成果。目前處于研發(fā)階段，該游戲在真實的戒酒場景中指導(dǎo)玩家。
"Urge monitoring."
“鼓勵監(jiān)督”
It uses mini- games that address issues like refusing drinks,keeping your home free of alcohol,and shows the player ways to avoid triggers that could end up in a relapse.
它通過許多小游戲來解決比如像拒絕喝酒、保持家里無酒狀態(tài)等問題，并教玩家避開能引起酒癮復(fù)發(fā)的因素。
"One way to think about it, it's a game that you sort of play for fun and another way to think about it, it's a simulation. And that's sort of the idea which this is founded. This is a simulation of real-life-type events."
“一方面想，這是一款娛樂游戲。另一方面去想，這是一個模擬器。而這也是開發(fā)這款游戲的初衷。這是能夠讓你體驗真實生活的模擬器。”
"Scheduling and planning your time."
“規(guī)劃你的時間。”
"These days,you know more people are more interactive with smart phones,with computers in everybody's household. And so ways that we can augment it. Thus that we can do in the office,basically at home. I think it's a win-win. It makes treatment easier and much more efficient for people."
“現(xiàn)在，越來越多的人在家里與智能手機互動，與電腦互動。我們可以強化這一點。基于此，我們大部分時間可以在家里玩，也可以在辦公室玩。我認(rèn)為這是一個雙贏的結(jié)果。這令治療變得更簡單、更有效。”
Well the game isn't a substitute for therapy. It's a new tool,one that Ewell says appears to be working.
當(dāng)然這個游戲不能替代治療方法。這是一個新的工具，一個Ewell稱看起來能夠起作用的工具。
"Once all of the research and development is completed,the game could be made available to everyone via the internet. We're told that could happen within a year's time."
“一旦所有的研發(fā)工作成功，這個游戲可以通過互聯(lián)網(wǎng)提供給任何人。而這有可能在一年之內(nèi)發(fā)生。
Ann Charles & George Casio ABC News 4.
Ann Charles & George Casio 來自ANC News 4的報導(dǎo)。
