I think the best thing to do is to invoke the perspective of improvisation, so every time you're thrown a curveball you get the chance to improvise in some creative way, you can have fun with the opportunities life presents you, like for instance a conscious decision to use the moment to catch up with your friends, and explore one or two things in their altered state with them might turn out yieldy in the long run, since you become closer friends.
Improvisation is very emotionally positive, we tap into the power of our reward centers when we improvise socially, its very good for dispelling negative emotion.