Alone at university

I'm in my first year at university, before I came I was happy. I had lot's of friends, a great girlfriend and was doing well at sixth form. During fresher's I didn't really go out much, most of the fresher's nights involved going to over packed clubs with dreadful music so I sat out most nights. Looking back I regret this as this was prime bonding time with the people in my halls. I have a house sorted for next year with a few friends from my course, but apart from them I have no other friends. I spend a lot of time in my room hearing people outside having a good time ready to go out. I've been quite unhappy this year, I have spent a lot of my weekends back at home and I dread coming back each time. I split up with my girlfriend around December, it had gotten difficult since I'd been at uni and I fell out of love with her. Ideally I would like to meet someone new, after having a girlfriend for a fairly long time (we were nearly together for 2 years) I sort of got used to it. The problem is I'm going to struggle to meet someone when I have nobody to go out with and no network of friends to meet new people through. I know people are going to say 'Just put yourself out there and meet new people', but it really isn't as easy as that. I cant just go on a night out by myself and I have lost a lot of my confidence since coming to uni. I'm not sure what I'm asking really, just some friendly advice and to see if anyone has been in a similar situation. I'm not really used to not having friends and it's really been affecting my well being and confidence for the last few months. Thanks for reading Simon Edit: Apologies for any bad spelling or grammar, I am sleepy

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