How do you get the pain to subside?

Do you drink so much that your liver drowns?
Numb the pain to make it go away?
Or maybe shoot some, get high and feel good now that you're in your happy place? Drown yourself with tears of sorrow?      Or does time heal all wounds?
Time does heal all wounds, but you'll forever bear the scars, reminding you of them.
In reality...the pain never does subside...it remains whether out in the open or in the closet, always with you.