Becoming an active participant in your own life, rather than a low-profile bystander watching from the sidelines, helps you overcome the urge to resort to self-destructive coping mechanisms and in turn, ignites an enthusiastic outlook and renewed appetite for life.
I can’t stress this enough. GET OUT OF YOUR HOMETOWN. Even if it’s not forever. Move. Travel. See the world. There is more to life than the same 10 people and the same 2 bars.