Never forget who you are.
Never let anyone deprive you of your sense of humor.
Stay close to your friends.
I've been through drugs, depression, panic attacks, crazed, possessive women, the death of my father at a young age, and a host of other embarrassments and humiliations. I've woken up in bushes and in snowbanks, with no memory of how I got there. All, a long time ago. All, a part of life.
Keep busy, stick by good people and good things and force yourself to smile, if necessary. Pretty soon, you're not forcing it any more. And stay away from crazy-assed women, willya? Feel better -
Andy
The crazier they are, the better they... ahem, you know.