My background here is I've spent a year+ getting comfortable being alone after a series of LTRs. I'm an rAFC, with the main problems being AA, DHV and kino escalation.

Field report:

I started out the night with a girl flaking on me, so I decided to go to a free comedy show alone. Here I made my main mistake of the night: I got baked. Seemed natural for a comedy show, but it kills my ability to be outgoing. Of course I turn up late, and the show is full.

I had seen a friend on my way there, so I stopped by his room for a beer or two. There were one or two people there already, so I stayed and chatted for a while until more people showed up, including an HB8 and two HB7s, one of whom I'm acquainted with. Despite some efforts to talk to the girls, as well as my male friends there, it just wasn't working. I managed a bit of conversation and some kino (resting my drink hand on the 8's shoulder). I did find out the 8 had a bf. Eventually the girls left and the rest of us went to the bar.

The bar was crowded and there were some nice 3-4 sets, but with a red bull vodka and some time I was only just starting to come into my proper mind. The crowd was still overwhelming though, so after a while without really approaching anyone I decided to bounce and get some food. I did manage to chat up the male server and get some free food, so I had a chance to work on my conversation a bit.

Decided to go to a little house party of my friend's, and brought along a younger friend who is new in the area. I chatted up an HB6 and went for the #-close in the first three minutes. Not only did I get blown out, but she kind of clammed up when I asked (we were joking about not remembering names, and I suggested that she put hers in my phone so I'd remember. The line flowed quite well in the convo, it was just way early).

Moved on to the other group of friends with an HB8 and focused on being a frequent contributer to the conversation. Chatted and kino'd a bit with the 8, but between her drunkenness and me being my young friend's ride/guide didn't pursue it.

TL;DR: Overall a lack of success, but I still feel good about going out to a few different venues, and making a few approaches and toward the end some good conversation. Moral of the story is smoking a bowl before going out kills my game, and I'm not going to do it when I'm sarging.

PS: Went out with the flake (with whom I've built rapport and made out with briefly in the past, then lost touch) today. I ran pretty good conversation game, but didn't feel a lot of pressure to build physical attraction as I know it there, just worked on DHV and setup for another date.