I think the hardest thing as an adult is making new friends without alcohol. Women that I meet through church, moms of my kids friends. All of them have that "ladies night out" thing going. My two longest term friends know that I am an alcoholic and we are such old friends that we can go out and be easy together over coffee because that is how we started together (teenagers drinking coffee together) but they had their kids before me and are involved in older kid activities whereas I still need sitters and early bedtimes so our schedules don't always mesh. I have managed to make two new friends in AA but we are still in that getting to know you phase so it isn't always as easy to chat. Making friends in adulthood isn't easy but can be done. It just takes time.