Ive come to ask for advice.

Ill tell my story quickly so that you know where im coming from.
From a young age till now, at age 23, ive smoked ALOT of pot. the problem with drugs often is that the friends you make tend to all use a given drug as a reason for actually being friends. pot is a lifestyle drug. it makes you lazy, it makes you want to stay in and relax, and generally stoners can be found in groups that meet up and watch tv baked.
this is fun once in awhile, but it becomes a problem when this is ALL that you do. for the last 8 years this is pretty much what i have done. relationships have all been centered around pot and my entire network of friends are all smoking buddies.
now the problem that I face is that i want to change this and build an attractive lifestyle, i want to be out most nights socialising and meeting new people, have my phone blowing up with different groups doing different things. I know that my absolute lack of social proof is my downfall, but unfortunately ive spent the last decade painting myself into a corner socially speaking.
its been hard but ive managed to cut right down, but now that i very rarely smoke weed im left with a dilemma. my old friends are obsolete but I have no normal friends that I can shoot the shit with. theres nobody that i can hang out with except my one wing who has poor social proof himself. This means that im not breaking into any new circles! i sarge twice a week and do fairly well. i get a number clise every time i sarge and a k close the last time, but the numbers usually lead nowhere because i have no lifestyle to back myself up!
its not like i dont have interests, but art, the gym and reading/writing arent really major parts of a lifestyle. or are they?

there must be a guide somewhere for people who have just moved to a new city, it happens all the time- people completely shedding their social skins and starting again. what do i do?!?!

Thanks for any advice you have people

I understand where you are coming from, all my friends are the same my social circle is none existent besides from the drugs, I am looking at beginning something but it is hard, I am looking at many team sports but I am not too sporty.

I am delving into the PUA world a lot more though & hopefully it can help, I am looking at the sports teams to see if I could fit in as my friend does hockey & that is a nice social circle for him & he loves it.

Do you know of any amateur groups in Liverpool, I am going to look into Rugby, Snooker etc even theatre to see what it can bring.

How are you getting on? & any advice f you are any better.

From what i've read I get the impression you're generally known to be a pothead, right? It's not going to change over night. It's going to be a gradual thing and you're going to have to be willing to let new groups know that you were smoking pot regularly to the extent that all your friends are potheads and only watch tv and smoke weed(As in if they ask you about it. No need to jump in and give them the ins and outs).

My advice? Your friend with low social proof? He's of the highest value you have right now. He's willing to go out, willing to meet new people, willing to get you out and away from corrie and a bowl and he's your mate. Don't sell him so short and stop looking to jump into pick up when your biggest problem is having a wide social circle to keep yourself busy. Focus on what you have, prune it and together go and make new friends.

Honestly, i'd say forget about pick up as you seem to want/need friends who you can converse with right now than picking up women. The best place to meet new people is through work, college, friends of friends or around where you live. It's harder to make friends with people you're not going to see again unless you arrange it. It's possible but will take a lot of work.

Here's a tip when trying to make friends with guys. One sentence: "Did you see that ludicrous display last night?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gWJIQm9qH-w

Here we see this golden line in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=45jm32SZ798