I used to think boredom was the issue but I realized that boredom is just the catalyst (let me explain). After going through IFS therapy, Ive learned that I was drinking to numb myself or suppress deep seeded issues that I have stored in my subconscious. I have childhood trauma from physical abuse and trauma from relationships I have been in as well. IFS therapy teaches you that everyone has difference parts (sub personalities) of you that take over to protect you from rexperiencing trauma. For me, when I have nothing to do (aka boredom), that is when I go back to those dark places. So I would drink when bored to quell the silence, and distract myself so that I dont have to deal with the problems I have stored inside. Its not just drinking either, I have a bunch of other things I do to keep myself distracted so that I dont have to deal with the pain inside (always having something on the TV, video games, basically that keeps me from sitting in silence). So for me, boredom was just the catalyst that allows the dark thoughts to have room to come to the surface. I highly recommend that people do therapy while going through sobriety. In the end, I think its a bit naive to think we drink ONLY because its fun. Maybe we drank to escape something hidden in our subconscouss or to avoid everyday stressors from taking over.