美国小伙沉迷中国玄幻小说竟成功戒掉毒瘾_社会生活

美国小伙沉迷中国玄幻小说竟成功戒掉毒瘾

文章来源：未知文章作者：enread 发布时间：2017-03-25 07:59 字体： [大中小]　进入论坛

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Kevin Cazad, a software programmer, resorted¹ to drugs to alleviate² his pain after breaking up with his girlfriend. Severe drug addiction³ caused him physical and mental pain, even threatening his life at times. But things changed in 2014, when Cazad first came across online Chinese literature.

凯文·卡扎德是一名软件工程师，和女友分手后他开始靠吸毒缓解苦闷。巨大的毒瘾带给他生理和心理上的痛苦，甚至数度危及生命。但事情在2014年发生变化，那一年卡扎德第一次遇见了中国网络文学。

I'll try to be brief, in 2014 I had a breakup with a woman I was with for 2 years. After that I had a bit of a...problem, I got into drugs, I got addicted⁴ to Coke.

In February of this year I had did my last line and all of a sudden my heart started beating uncontrollably and I felt a deep pressure appear on the left side of my body all the way down. I thought I was having a heart attack. From that day on I felt that pressure every day, sometimes the pressure would build up and as it did I would actually have a hard time thinking clearly and get lightheaded.

And one day I was introduced to Coiling⁵ Dragon, immediately I fell in love. Once I got caught up with that I moved on to MGA, ATG and ISSTH etc... Basically⁶ Wuxiaworld took up all my time and I was able to forget about wanting any drugs...

About a month ago I noticed the pressure started to dissipate⁷, and as it did my vision⁸ and thoughts have also started to clear up and also sometimes I can hear a sound in my head like water being slowly drained⁹ through a straw...

What would have happened if I never found wuxiaworld and been able to stave off my addiction? I really want to say I feel your novels have probably saved my life so thank you... really.

"In the past, whenever I went home, all my attention was on drugs. But when I go home now, the only thing that occupies my mind is Chinese web novels. Like drugs, they can also become an addiction, but the difference is that they can't harm your health," Cazad told the Southern Weekly during an interview, adding that he used to finish five volumes of a popular Chinese web novel named "Coiling Dragon" in a single day.

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1 resorted
v.求助于或诉诸某事物，采取某手段或方法应急或作为对策( resort的过去式和过去分词 )
参考例句：
I'm sorry you have resorted to deception. 我很遗憾你竟用欺骗手段。来自《现代英汉综合大词典》 The enemy resorted to both tough and soft tactics, but succeeded in neither. 敌人的高压和软化政策都失败了。来自《现代汉英综合大词典》

2 alleviate
v.减轻，缓和，缓解(痛苦等)
参考例句：
The doctor gave her an injection to alleviate the pain.医生给她注射以减轻疼痛。 Nothing could alleviate his distress.什么都不能减轻他的痛苦。

3 addiction
n.上瘾入迷，嗜好
参考例句：
He stole money from his parents to feed his addiction.他从父母那儿偷钱以满足自己的嗜好。 Areas of drug dealing are hellholes of addiction,poverty and murder.贩卖毒品的地区往往是吸毒上瘾、贫困和发生谋杀的地方。

4 addicted
adj.沉溺于....的，对...上瘾的
参考例句：
He was addicted to heroin at the age of 17.他17岁的时候对海洛因上了瘾。 She's become addicted to love stories.她迷上了爱情小说。

5 coiling
n.卷绕，成卷，上卷筒v.将…卷[盘]成圈或螺旋形( coil的现在分词 )；（使）缠绕，盘绕
参考例句：
Certain extinct cephalopods have an unusual coiling shape. 某些绝种的头足类动物具有特殊的旋卷形态。来自辞典例句 Thread coiling of bobbin above the machine, convenient operation. 梭心的卷线位置，设计于机头上方，操作方便。来自互联网

6 basically
adv.基本上，从根本上说
参考例句：
His heart is basically sound.他的心脏基本上健康。 Basically I agree with your plan.我基本上同意你的计划。

7 dissipate
vi.消散，消失；vt.使消散，使消失，浪费
参考例句：
Don't dissipate your efforts.不要浪费你的精力。 The body must dissipate heat as fast as it produces.人体散发热量必须和产生热量一样快。

8 vision
n.视觉，先见之明，光景，视力，眼力，幻想，影像；vt.幻想
参考例句：
The wall cuts across our line of vision.那面墙挡住了我们的视线。 Much reading has impaired his vision.大量读书损害了他的视力。

9 drained
v.（使）流干，（使）逐渐流走( drain的过去式和过去分词 )；喝光，喝干；使（精力、金钱等）耗尽
参考例句：
His face was drained of all colour and animation. 他面如死灰。 She suddenly felt totally drained. 她突然感到精疲力竭。