I did this when I was younger and learned a lot of social skills this way. I just went out to the bars alone.

- You can't rely on anyone else to have fun so you have to talk to people or you're bored

- Alcohol helps lower your inhibitions so it becomes easier (relying on it always is no good but alcohol can be a tool just like any other thing)

- if you say something stupid or someone has a bad reaction or doesn't wanna talk you can say "have a good one" and peace out

If you don't know where to start with talking to people, comment on something they're wearing, then ask them followup questions and be genuinely interested and try to make jokes. If you run out of things to say, "have a good one" and peace out

Great way to learn to read people too because often people are too polite to tell you to fuck off but their body language suggests it so I learned to pick up on a lot of more subtle cues I didn't really see before