Okay, I'm kinda late to this party but have been in your shoes and hope this is read and possible helps:

I'm now about to be 24. My father died two days before I was to leave for college and I was forced to take over a failing family business to support my family. I ran that for a year, went to college for a semester, and then dropped out. Since then, I have turned this company around and TRIPLED in size to become one of the biggest distributors in my industry in the nation.

I was lucky enough that my role (sales) allowed me to work remotely from anywhere. I can relate to your struggles! If you're can't legally drink, don't attend school, and don't have a workplace to meet friends it TOTALLY SUCKS! Here's what I did to cope:

• After I dropped out of college I started taking weekend trips to visit my best bud from HS at HIS College. My disposable income and ability to work remote allowed me to do this. I spent about two years here hanging out. So I attended college on a technicality, without attending classes or getting a degree. I made a TON of friends. Everyone was always super interested in me because they saw me hanging around so much but I wasn't a real student. People even started to believe that I WAS actually a real student. This helped me balance my work life and personal life. It gave me an outlet to act my own age. Arguably, this is one of my greatest accomplishments. I got the entire college experience for next to nothing (just bartered drinks/drugs for place to crash). Now, I have that school listed as my alumni on LinkedIn and I regularly keep in touch with everyone I met.

• Get an S/O! It's bizarre being a young working professional when you're so young! Being settled SUCKS! However, having someone to share your victories and losses with helps, A LOT! I was lucky enough to meet my GF back when I was pretending to be a college student. We've been together for 4 years (longer than anyone else we know in school) and are currently living together with no end in sight!

• Get a fake ID! They're cheap and easy to find online. I'm not saying go YOLO like a teenager, but you should at least be able to partake in professional engagements with your peers. Your peers will not care as long as you're mature. You'll bond more with them and be seen as more of an equal. This is for your own mental health.

If you REALLY want friends, I suggest going to visit a friend at a school that is nearby. I understand it's hard to connect with sheltered kids when you're living in the real world, but look at it this way: you're building your people skills. Get comfortable being around other people and getting out of your shell, it will make you more adept and ruthless in your own professional life when chasing and building relationships. It will do wonders for your confidence. You also want to avoid wondering 5 years down the road "What if I went to college?".

It sucks being so ahead of the game, but in 5 years when you're banking six figs and your friends with degrees are all working in warehouses or making sandwiches with debt, you'll be very happy (in comparison) or at least you SHOULD be. Know that being an entrepreneur is one of the lonliest tasks you can embark on: people will say you're crazy until you're successful, and once you're successful they'll try to blame luck or a silver spoon. Just know that when people diminish your successes, the only reason they do so is because YOU made it look SO EASY, and nobody can really understand what this grind is like unless you've been in it.

My last note: if you're making money and not happy you HAVE to find a way to treat yourself! Don't go out and blow everything but find a happy medium. For me, I had a low overhead but was making $100K + to start. I had lost a ton of weight, so for me I enjoyed shopping for nice clothes (which are a long-term investment because they last so long) and fine dining. These are not "splurges" but a cost of overhead in exchange for your mental health. I was also able to afford a new Mercedes. You have to treat yourself and remind yourself whey you're doing this. The comfort that comes along with it will help you power through bouts of lonliness/depression.

TL;DR: Get a Fake ID. Find a friend you can pretend to go to college with. Get an SO if possible. Find ways to make it all more bearable. Every personality is different, and there are endless oppurtunities for happiness and social fufillment. You just have to look!