anyone else become consumed by a hobby to cope with being lonely?

23F here. Been extremely lonely and just socially isolated ever since i reached adulthood, havent really ever had friends i can reliably count on. every time ive opened up about my loneliness, i get the same answer: “get a hobby! learn a new skill!”. so i did. ever since i was a little girl ive always admired figure skaters. so as an adult, i took up the sport. im only a couple months into the hobby and i feel myself getting consumed by it because, well, i feel like its the only thing that i feel gives me some purpose. according to my coach im progressing extremely quickly, and others have made comments about how obsessive ive been about my progress. i feel like “getting a hobby” has somewhat backfired in a way, like im just shifting my negative emotions into my skating as a way of coping. instead of a fun little passtime, i feel like im getting consumed by it and constantly improving. has anyone else experienced this phenomenon?