Welcome Sharp! After a couple months, I found that the boredom thing got a whole lot better. It just seems like "life" came in and filled the gap left by drinking. It did take a little time, but I knew where I'd be if I were still drinking and I knew I had to quit at some point or suffer the consequences.
It's also hard to attend drinking events at first (for most of us anyway). So that's something to think about if you really want to get sober.
Hope you'll keep reading and posting!