We've gone all out to beat the January Blues this year with our famous 99 way to beat the January blues campaign.

However, sometimes no-matter what you do, no-matter how many amazing blues busting tips you try, nothing seems to work. It's at this point that you might have to take drastic action and consider an evening of wallowing in your misery.

Then, when you've feasted on your anguish, drunk deeply from your pain, you'll have got it all out of your system and be ready to get blues busting again.

The evening's misery wallowing menu

6:55pm - 7pm: Listen to Gloomy Sunday by Billie Holiday

Wow. There's loads of urban myths about suicides increasing after this song's been played on the radio. These legends are unconfirmed but one thing that did occur is that the BBC banned Billie Holiday's version of the song from being broadcast, as they felt it was detrimental to wartime morale (the ban was only lifted in 2002!). Here's that version to really dampen your war spirit.

7pm - 8pm: Listen to Joy Division

Often time winner of 'most depressing band in the world ever' unofficial polls (this not stopping them topping numerous 'best band ever' polls too), we suggest starting with classic 'Love will tear us apart' and moving on from there. Other misery high(low)- lights from the band include;

• Atrocity Exhibition
• Dead Souls
• She's Lost Control
• Isolation
• Something must break

8-10pm: Watch Requiem for a Dream

You should be nicely warmed up by now for this superb centrepiece to our night of misery. It's an unrelentingly bleak tale of lives and dreams shattering , a spiralling down towards the filthiest and most hopeless doom . You can't get darker or heavier - watching it is something like being swallowed by a black hole.

10- 11pm: Go on Facebook and browse your Ex's wall and pics

It's the ultimate no-no. The Golden Rule of Facebook if you value your well-being; NEVER go and look at an Ex's wall or through their pics if there is even the smallest suspicion that you're not fully over them.

This being the one night of unrestrained misery wallowing it is of course a rule begging to be broken.

So go ahead! Go and experience 'Who is this person they're with??', 'God they seem to be having so much fun!', 'Why did they post 'Woohoo!!' the day we broke up?!', and a host of other tortuous thoughts we couldn't even begin to imagine.

11pm - 11:30pm: Listen to Morrisey's Everyday is like Sunday

What is it about Sunday?? Let's just look at the first verse here;

Trudging slowly over wet sand
Back to the bench where your clothes were stolen
This is the coastal town
That they forgot to close down
Armageddon - come Armageddon!
Come, Armageddon! Come!

And then of course into the wondrous misery of the chorus;

Everyday is like Sunday
Everyday is silent and grey

Woe! That's depressing. We could never have had a misery wallow without our old friend Morrisey and his band The Smiths. Other choice forlorn classics from this misery powerhouse include;

• Heaven knows I'm miserable now
• How soon is now
• Asleep
• Never had no one ever
• I know it's over

11:30pm - Midnight: Write two texts and one email to someone you fancy..

...but that you think probably doesn't like you. Delete them all before you send them. Not only is this depressing because it highlights the futility of unrequited love/lust, but also because it's such a waste of time and effort.

Throw yourself on your bed..

..staying in the position you land. Don't move and stare into nothingness, and let your thoughts roam free-style.

(This bit is a 'freestyle' window in our Misery Evening schedule. Think about whichever miserable topics you wish - from unrequited love and failed relationships to global warming, the recession or a Godless universe.)

12pm - 1pm: Read some of The Road

This is the book that they made a film of starring Aragorn from Lord of the Rings or Viggo Mortensen. AbeBooks.co.uk describes it as 'a heartbreaking novel of unending post-apocalyptic horror including cannibalism and violence' and is described by many of their users as 'the most crushingly bleak' book they've ever read. Brilliant.

1pm - until sleep: Have a little cry until you fall into unconsciousness

This marks the end of your Evening of Misery. You've now completely exhausted all your misery. As soon as you wake, leap out of bed, visit 99 ways to beat the January Blues and start working your way through the list. You've had your wallow. Now get exploring all the brilliant, pro-active, blues busting stuff we've got for you.

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