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Bingo. I'm 40. This dissolving social life issue is exactly what I went through after I turned 30.
It's two things. One, from this point on your social life needs to be actively managed and maintained. When you're younger, life's circumstances do that for you. From here on out, it's all has to be the result of your own effort.
And two, to do that you will need to work on yourself. The rails your life is on when you're younger often mask and excaccerbate personal issues which, absent those rails, come out to others as toxicity you may be blind to. I say this without irony, find a good therapist and dig into your problems. Learn more about yourself and your past. Find a physical activity you enjoy and exercise daily. Improve your diet. If you have the means, go to all your medical appointments regularly.
It's scary because it all has to be actively managed from here on out. But once you get a hold of it again (After getting ahold of yourself) it's that much more actualizing as it's an intentional social life of your own creation. Perhaps a smaller sphere than before, but just as meaningful if not more. It will take time, maybe a year or two. But you've got an upward trajectory in front of you.