Virtual Reality world calms addicts offers low risk place to just say no

Opioid addicts and others battling compulsion around drugs or alcohol are using a new hightech, lowrisk method to practice saying nothrough virtual reality. Their virtual reality avatars, accompanied by Vanderbilt University clinical psychology graduate student Noah Robinson, walk into a virtual bar, turn down alcoholic drinks offered by a stranger, and ask for water instead. A different VR world allows them the drugfree relaxation of interacting with colorful, freefloating spheres while listening to u