With the slew of "How do I puke?" "How do I cut?" "How do I shot web?" type posts, I don't know if people are being serious or just joking.

If you're serious, then yeah, obviously taking up an addition (coke, cutting, smoking, drinking) isn't the answer.

You need to get over her. Every strong relationship will hurt when it ends, eventually you'll get to the point where you can recover quickly-- but it will hurt until you get over her. I think as long as you realize that you WILL feel pain, but the pain WILL end, you can get through it. Like running a long distance run, if you know there's an end in site, you can make it, but if it feel like it will never end, you're more apt to just give up and walk.

Many people don't want to give up their feelings for the person, or their depression because of the person, because they feel like it will be a sign of betrayal in the event that he/she comes back. But that's not going to happen. You've got to move on.