Alcohol takes that loneliness away for me.
In my opinion alcohol dosn't take the lonliness away it just smothers and blotts out stuff or even worse makes us not care.
I feel that those of us that used alcohol as a way of coping with life needed to find new ways of dealing with the ups and downs.
A lot of people find working the steps of AA useful and the fellowship it offers , councelling, therapy, self-help books, spiritual books, spiritual teachers .. life ring, AVRT, CBT, meditation, excersise . There is lots to try .
The one thing that dosn't work is not trying and not changing things .
Bestwishes, M