Welcome. Lots of good suggestions on overcoming the boredom without drinking! doing something physical means you can't drink. Sitting home along makes you want to; and drinking makes you even MORE lonely and MORE bored. I think the best thing I'm going to try is to find something that prohibits me from drinking. I'm not much of a runner myself, but I think I may join a gym. I think finding a way to be surrounded by people will help. If not with a runners club, maybe through volunteering somewhere? We just need to replace our passion for alcohol with a passion for something else.