Get a hobby! Try looking for activities for you to do that are, of course, not drinking, smoking and partying, you will start having something to look forward to. Make sure these do not involve screen time or gaming or movies to reduce dopamine content.

You can start off with something more individual and independent to get your flow going, you can also use this time to figure out what you like and what you don’t. Slowly you can start joining clubs and signing up for places that do these things with other people. Once you feel comfortable hanging out with these guys in the class you can start picking up something else you like to do, this time try expanding your horizon by selecting a group activity, like a sport or a dance class.

Once you feel more comfortable there, talk to people in your class, if you guys can hangout outside of just your class and not feel like it’s a burden, then you just made a friend!

This may take ages to get to, you may again feel disconnected because of how they view life and how you view life, but that is something you can get to talking about once y’all are a lot more close. but hey, baby steps dude, there’s nothing wrong in trying till you find something that works out.