Alright Queens, here's my story (and advice needed on friendships moving forward!)

I married a LVM. He presented himself as a HVM for nearly 2 years before we were married (we did not live together before marriage) and it was only after we moved in that I found out his drinking never stopped after a night out, and the alcohol brought out his verbal and physical abusiveness. I also found out he had massive credit card debt & when forced to pay that off and start being financially savvy he was constantly upset at his 'responsibility' which only made him drink more. Tried to work some stuff out with therapy and once I finally realized (after several years) that nothing was ever going to change I left. Obviously I made some mistakes that I have learned from, and continuing to learn from thanks to this sub!

I've taken this past year to learn how to live on my own again, and realized how much I gave up over that time span. One of those things were my friends. The LVM would only allow me to hang out with his friend group, and would criticize my old friends (i.e. "Wow she looks like a lesbian, I bet she's closeted, why does she want to hang out with you alone.") Yeah I know, red flags everywhere (and although I did not see that friend over those years, we still kept in contact via texting and now I do see her regularly!!)

I am about to move to another town in my area, and I am hoping to start finding and making new friends! Due to the Ex-LVM and the divorce I do not have a lot in the way of finances, and I am having trouble finding no-cost options (or low cost - like $5) to meet new people! About my only idea is volunteering, which is a non-option at the moment because of COVID? Any ideas?