How to drive away loneliness

When you are alone, how do you drive away the feeling of being lonely? As for me, I usually surf the Internet or listen to light music. Sometimes I will pour my feeling into the journal which I always encourage my students to write.

Some people will smoke to kill their boredom. This is bad because smoking is detrimental to health. Yet others will play solitaire or other one-player game to keep occupied so that they don't feel lonely.

Chatting with cyber friends is another good way of keeping boredom at bay.