Whenever you're unhappy do not look for escape from it

"Whenever you're unhappy do not look for escape from it
via distraction, doing something else, or seeking
entertainment.

 This is the worst thing you can do. 
You will never be able to let go of or eliminate unhappiness.

Either discover your mastership of the event or see the
ego motivation behind the misery and there by undo that
particular unhappiness. 

Almost everyone, when
unhappy, looks for escape and calls the escape or relief
from the misery, happiness. 

This allows the
unhappiness pattern to continue in the future. 
It
postpones the time indefinitely as to when one will have
to eliminate the unhappiness. 
Escape is the worst
palliative in the world, worse than drugs. 
Every escape
is a complete waste of time and a further continuing and
holding onto misery. The more you feel misery, the
deeper it becomes ingrained. Therefore one should not
escape from nor remain in misery, but should use one of
the above two methods to get out of it permanently"

~ Lester Levenson