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Can a Video Game Cure Alcoholism?
电脑游戏帮你戒除多年酒瘾
From treatment to cold turkey,51-year-old Beverly Ewell has tried everything to beat his 40-year-old addiction to alcohol.
从治疗到强制中止，51岁的Beverly Ewell尝试了所有能够戒掉他40多年酒瘾的办法。
"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."
“我已经厌倦了，厌倦了药物、厌倦了酒精、厌倦了失业、厌倦了无家可归。我只是想过正常的生活。”
A new technology may just help him kick his old problem.
一种新科技也许能够帮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."
“这是一种亲身体验的方法。它能够让你实践也能让你看到。对我而言，我从中获得经验。我不断地练习，后来能够坚持了。”
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.
守护天使游戏（The Guardian Angel game）是the Ralph H. Johnson VA Medical Center downtown与the University of Central Florida联合开发的成果。目前处于研发阶段，该游戏在真实的戒酒场景中指导玩家。
"Urge monitoring."
“鼓励监督”
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.
它通过许多小游戏来解决比如像拒绝喝酒、保持家里无酒状态等问题，并教玩家避开能引起酒瘾复发的因素。
"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，这是一款娱乐游戏。另一方面去想，这是一个模拟器。而这也是开发这款游戏的初衷。这是能够让你体验真实生活的模拟器。”
"Scheduling and planning your time."
“规划你的时间。”
"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."
“现在，越来越多的人在家里与智能手机互动，与电脑互动。我们可以强化这一点。基于此，我们大部分时间可以在家里玩，也可以在办公室玩。我认为这是一个双赢的结果。这令治疗变得更简单、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.
当然这个游戏不能替代治疗方法。这是一个新的工具，一个Ewell称看起来能够起作用的工具。
"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."
“一旦所有的研发工作成功，这个游戏可以通过互联网提供给任何人。而这有可能在一年之内发生。
Ann Charles & George Casio ABC News 4.
Ann Charles & George Casio 来自ANC News 4的报导。
