I quit drinking recently (just hit a month wow), and so far it's been fine because I'm spending all of my time alone or working/doing errands. I don't like drinking alone so it's been fine, but where I live now the ENTIRE social scene is bars and clubs, so I can't meet anyone without being sober in a room full of extremely drunk people. I don't like clubs to begin with, and there's not really any quiet, sit down pubs around here where I could just get a soda and relax.
I used to pound drinks with my buds, but now that I'm seeing demonstrable health benefits of quitting (I have epilepsy and alcohol was giving me seizures) it's getting less justifiable to consider drinking again. I could smoke weed but it often makes me quiet and awkward when alcohol makes me outgoing and confident, which is what I really need right now. Also weed makes me shit at darts and pool.
That's very unfortunate. I see that you can't do caffeine, that was going to be another (probably terrible) suggestion. High enough doses of caffeine make me feel high and social.
Yeah so far the only good drug for me seizure wise is weed. Kind of a bummer socially.
Maybe you can find a strain that puts a little pep in your step. Prevailing wisdom is now saying to pay more attention to the terpines, and indica/sativa are basically meaningless.
One thing I enjoy doing is browsing Leafly to see what people are saying about certain strains, then keeping an eye out for them