Online treatment for alcoholism

# on December 13th 2006 at 12:06 pm in Interesting Links,Internet & Technology,The Netherlands

I just caught this news (Dutch) about on-line treatment for alcohol-addiction by some Dutch clinic that specialises in that type of thing.

This ‘treatment’ consists of 7 online chat-sessions with a professional.

Now, I can’t get this image out of my head:

i have a drinking problem
Come, come, elucidate your thoughts.
i drink too much
I’m not sure I understand you fully.
i am an alcoholic
Did you come to me because you are an alcoholic?
yes
I understand.
help me
OK… “i are an alcoholic”. Tell me more.

Well — you get the picture. :P

(BTW the above dialogue was created using this Eliza implementation in Javascript which, as it implies, works from your browser.)

- Navaho Gunleg
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