Boredom can definitely be a trigger. Meeting friends who are also in recovery was a lifesaver for me. I was VERY reluctant to burn bridges, both consciously and sub-consciously. Staying clean isn't easy, but it is nowhere near as hard as I made it. I kept waiting for something to happen, rather than getting off my ass and doing something. These days, there are even more options available online. There are tapes, books....the list is practically endless. I had this notion that AA/NA folks were a bunch of bible-thumping idiots without a life. Of course that was complete BS and only an excuse to do what I wanted to do.