I turned off my iCloud contacts and now they are gone!!

I turned on iCloud during a school trip to share pictures. It had synced with everyone's phone on the account and I had so many contacts that I didn't need and even 5 of the ones that I already had. So I thought I could just turn off iCloud and it would go back to the way it was before but in stead it whipped out all of my contacts! I tried to turn the iCloud back on so I would have all of those contacts back and just go through and delete all the ones I didn't need or already had but nothing happened! Please help! I don't even have the numbers where I could go through and ask who they are! Everything is just gone!

I did turn the contacts back on and it didnt work. I am hoping the wi-fi connection I am on at school is not compatible, and it will work when I get home. Thanks!

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