If you and the love of your life have broken up, you may feel that you have nothing left to live for, and you may become severely depressed.
Rather than give in to suicidal thoughts, you need to remember that your life is worth living, and you need to fight to win your ex back into your life.
Do not beg and plead - Do not call, text or email your ex begging and pleading for your relationship to get back together.
You will lose the respect of your ex, and you will also damage your own self esteem.
Drugs and alcohol will not help you solve your problems, and in fact they will only make matters worse.
You will need a clear mind to be able to make the decisions necessary towards getting back together.
Get your life back in order - Even though this will be hard, you need to put your ex out of your mind for a week or two.
You need this time to work on getting your life back together.
Work on putting a new routine together that consists of work, family, friends and going out and having fun.
You may want to consider getting a makeover or joining a gym.
Your goal is to do everything possible to give yourself a new outlook on life, and to regain some of your confidence and a new attitude.
Letting go - Learn to let go of your ex.
This doesn't mean it's going to be a permanent affair, but you need to learn that your life is full without your ex in it.
When you can live your life and feel complete, your ex will be impressed with your newfound freedom, and will start to realize again what a great person you are.
This will also sow the seeds of doubt in your ex's mind that they'd better act before you get to used to the idea of them not being in your life.
Keep in touch - Stay in contact with the mutual friends you share with your ex.
They will be a good source of information as to what's going on in your ex's life, and they can also tell your ex what's going on in yours.
You can put the word out that you are open to getting back together if your ex is interested, or you can move on if they are not.