Drugs, Games & a Death Sentence

Some people struggle with life. They don't know how to deal with it or its pain. So they turn to drugs, or the virtual world of gaming to escape reality. 

Other people struggle with life and cannot avoid reality. Their reality is a death sentence, the diagnosis of life defying cancer. 

We live in a world where some people wishes life would end and other people wish life would never end. How do we make sense of this? Where does God come into the picture of terminal illness and the common trend of people seeking to escape life?