Hi everyone, I posted on another forum, but I thought I would ask here. I am looking for ideas for meeting new people. I am in a small country town, I am not allowed to drink due to having had pancreatitis, and I work quite a few hours, yet have weekends off. Any ideas would be so great. I have moved 3 hours from my friends, and I just want to be able to go and have dinner or coffee with some friends after a hard day, and my partner is the same. When I was at university, meeting people happened every day, but its harder now. I just feel lonely. I watch tv shows with strong women characters and they all have an amazing group of girlfriends, and I really feel that I am lacking that at the moment. My inability to drink anymore doesn't help, it just makes me really uncool to the people I used to hang around