My young wife died from a rare cancer just over 2 years ago. Yes, lonliness was tough. The weekends especially. I read, I excercised, I prayed, I went to movies, and I even started building scale models again. basically I did everything and anything to break my drinking patterns. it has gotten easier with every day sober. i have just over a year sober, and now I am pretty busy with all kinds of things. I am never hungover and I have tons of energy. I cleaned out my drawers and closets as well. organized and threw stuff out, donated things. it is a great feeling, good luck.