Originally Posted by
spryte 
I'm still struggling with the AV. Boredom is tough for me. But I need to work at filling my life with activities and hobbies. I should see it as an opportunity.
Hi Spryte, yes once the drinking stops, there's lots of time available to fill with useful pastimes. Don't forget that, although 'you' may not like being bored - the Beast will be glad to take advantageous of your boredom and suggest that a drink will cure it.
Sometimes, my Beast, through ITs AV said 'you're bored, you might as well drink, there's nothing else to do'; but when I recognised it as AV and then dismissed it - I found the bored feeling soon dissipated.
Since stopping drinking, I've resumed past hobbies and activities and started new ones. But, we can't always fill every hour of the day and boredom and tedium can happen - but as a non-drinker, you can just sit with those feelings and they soon abate (or recognise the feelings as AV).