Last night was my first time out by myself. The destination was an comedy show at a bar within walking distance. I was a bit nervous so I decided to stop by another bar on the way for a quick bite to eat and a couple beers.

As I'm walking up to the door I tell myself, "Fuck it, just walk in there like you're a regular, say hello to the first few people and take a seat at the bar". I walk in and immediately make eye contact with this Hispanic dude (prob 35 yrs old) who looked like he would kill you for looking at him wrong. He had a bandana on, collared shirt with just the top button buttoned, long dickies shorts, ect...You know the Hispanic gangsta look. I walked straight up to him and asked hows it going. He replied very drunk like and we shook hands like mutual respect was given. Talked to him for a min or two then proceeded to the bar. Opened the old dude to my left, another younger guy to my right, ordered food and bantered with the HB6 bartender. At this point I was feeling really good, no anxiety and everyone was welcoming me (maybe because I approached the Hispanic guy like a boss), conversations were flowing naturally ect. I exchange info with a couple of guys who live across the street from me and proceed on to the bar where the comedy show is.

I walk in and make my way upstairs where the show is. Before going into the room, I order a beer from the bar and open a couple people waiting in line. I get my drink and sit down in my chair (they were in rows, not tables or anything). The show breaks for an intermission and I go back to the bar for another drink. I open up an HB5 who was 40 yrs old but looked like she wasn't a day over 30...quite amazing actually. I go back into the show, it ends and as I'm waiting to exit, I see the 40 yr old. We walk over to the bar and she introduces me to her group and I'm welcomed immediately.

I engage in every single person (prob 12 in the group) and let HB5 do her own thing. While engaging this HB8 sticks out and is now on my radar. She's receptive to everything I'm saying but thinks that I'm with HB5 right now. HB5 and I exchange numbers and she leaves for the night. I approach HB8 and re-open her. She's receptive to me and has kino'd me a few times already. We banter back and forth, I'm kinoing her and both of us decide to be blunt and say what we think of each other. She ends up saying she was attracted to me the second I walked up because of how extroverted, confident, good looking and charming I was. I tell her what I thought of her and end up making plans with her for Saturday night. The night comes to an end and I walk her out to her car. We end up making out and heavily kinoing each other for a good 15 min until she had to leave (work early). We exchange numbers and I get 100% confirmation she's coming over to my place for our Saturday night outing. It was a great night and am glad I decided to go out on my own instead of sitting at home.

What I realized is that once you're in that state, you don't even need alchohol. I had a couple beers at the first bar to loosen up but quickly got into that higher state of mind because of the receptiveness of everyone. One more beer when I first got to the 2nd bar and that was it. I was so high on confidence and being the man, that I didnt have another drink for the rest of the night.

tl;dr: Bit anxious going out alone, stopped by a bar to get in frame and had a good time there. Went to the comedy show oozing confidence and ended up having a great time with an HB8 who now has plans with me for Sat night.