Yes, yeah for you! I have a good friend who lives alone, has no family or other support and lost his job and was waking up with panic attacks about money so decided to go back on antidepressants. He's doing really well with drinking soda, even on our weekly night going to the pub.

I would try to pick up a new interest to do in the evening; work on putting your photo albums together or watching movies/reading books you've put off, writing, learning to cook, taking an online class or something? I think it's much harder to merely "not" do something than to do something else.