Cure for the dreaded "show hangover"?

Always the way.

You devote three months of your life and physical and intellectual energy to a show. You become part of, not only a close knit team, but an occurance, a happening, you are brought together with a small band of your peers in a common endevour. You put the show on, you survive dramas, poor houses, missed cues, less than reliable props and fudged lines (and occasionally medical emergenceys) together. You bask in great houses, cheers and applause together. You introduce each other to friends who have seen the show and feel so proud when they say to your castmates "You were really great". You fall a tiny bit in love with all of them and all of it. The curtain goes down on the final show; speeches, party, hugs, well intentioned but usually ultimately futile promises to keep in touch, goodbyes.

You wake up the next morning to work, family, friends; your life........not beleiving you could ever feel so empty.

Does anyone know a cure for the dreaded show hangover?