There is new hope for heavy boozers who want to quit drinking. A 'virtual-reality' therapy may help people with alcohol dependence reduce the craving for their favourite tipple says a new study. Read about alcohol addiction. The researchers said they are optimistic about the potential for virtual reality as a therapy for alcohol-use disorders. This technology is already popular in the fields of psychology and psychiatry said senior researcher Doug Hyun Han from Chung-Ang University Hospital in Seoul Korea. Virtual-reality therapy has been used to treat phobias and posttraumatic stress disorder Han said. Read: How virtual reality can help identify