How do I retrieve my contacts after my phone froze?

Today I was unable to access my Messages App, therefore switched phone off, waited a while and turned it back on, only to find it upon turning it back on, all my contacts had beeen deleted. Has anyone else experienced this problem with the iPhone 4S? As I was not expecting this to happen, I have not backed up contacts or other data via iTunes or iCloud. However, upon viewing other responses it would appear iCloud does not store your contact information or any other information for that matter.
How can I retrieve my contact info without it being stored anywhere? Is it best to take to an Apple Outlet??
Cheers

You should have been syncing your contacts with your computer from the very beginning. Did you fail to do this?

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