Hi Swampy,
I find myself withdrawing from activities & seeing friends out right now. Just trying to stay clear of any stress I guess. I find keeping busy & trying to be active is helping me to get by a day at a time.
I started to do some active activities with some groups of people at
Do something, Learn something, Share something, Change something - Meetup.com such as hiking, mountain biking & tennis etc. I have also made some new friends. Maybe you can help a graphic design group/meetup, there are a lot of people that would greatly appreciate the opportunity to learn a little bit about what you do (maybe you will find some new business opportunities while meeting some new people).
Its tough when you make these big changes, I got used to drinking to make boring things seem fun (sitting around a table of drunks BSing). Now I need to find things that really interest me to keep my attention which is a good thing in the end.
Get out & get back into some of the healthy active things you used to do or have had an interest in. Check out the classifieds & craigslist for bands/people looking to jam/new band members.
All of the best,
NB
P.S. I see that you have been a member here for 5 or so years, maybe get more involved with this site & some of the people working on their recovery... just a thought ;-)