I agree about the meetup.com. I've just joined my local group&am meeting some of them for the 1st time later today. One thing you may not have thought about is that it takes time to meet people that you'd even want to spend time with&even more time is needed to build up the trust&comaraderie of a true friend. My Dad lately has repeated to me, "Choose your friends carefully." I can't agree more with him. I've been burned so many times it's not even funny. When in high school, I went for a full year not talking to anyone. I got teased&insulted,but, I just ignored them because the people making the comments didn't know me, they just judged. You'll find that that's unfortunately true-judgement without knowledge, especially when you're mentally ill. Big bit of advice-don't share your diagnosis with ANYONE until you've known them for several years. That's why I also recommend meetup.com, there are groups for specific mental illnesses&you won't be judged if you meet up with them because they've got the same problems. Hope you can find some friends-plural-it's not good to rely on only a few people-you'll get burned.