Times of distress are the real test of how true a person is to their values. Everyone appears to shine under normal conditions, but how they bounce back from difficult times tells you a lot about them.
Majority of people I've come across go for short term relief instead of channeling the pain into positive and productive activities to find long term relief. You need to be strong willed and stay true to your values to follow the latter, and although the happiness that it brings may take longer to set in, but when it does, you know it will last and is situationally independent, unconditional happiness.
