One more thing, when your friends can't go out YOU go out!!! Dress up, look awesome, take yourself out to dinner, get one martini (chocolate!!!), then go to a bookstore like Borders or Barnes and Noble and fill your mind with knowlege and positive stuff!

I know it's not easy going out alone the first time, but I did it and eventually enjoyed it. Sometimes you even meet interesting people!

There is no arriving, ever. It is all a continual becoming.