Alcohol is a good thing to have. I have a few cases of the JD mini bottles.
Cigs also, but they can stale quickly. Best to vacuum seal and freeze them if possible.
The things I mentioned are valuable during times of Despair for obvious reasons.
If you are happy, what better way to celebrate than to have sex? If you are sad, what better way to forget about your troubles than with sex?
You can replace "sex" with the aforementioned "alcohol, drugs and entertainment" and they would work in an equally effective manner.
The last one, religion, is a very strange one, but certainly a much needed one. For instance, if you are happy in times of despair, many find much resolve in blaming the reason for your happiness to some religious entity. Conversely, if you are sad during times of obvious despair, religion does tend to serve as a source of hope during times were many others would give up.
These are all really different forms of distractions that can take your mind away from harsh realities.
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