Hi Vegard — thanks so much for reading and taking the time to respond! I have felt boredom at other times when I have stopped drinking. I hadn't really expected that as I hadn’t realised how much time drinking and then recovering was sucking out of my days! I am so happy for you that you are doing well now. Writing is really helping keep busy, and I am off to Nepal for a 12 day trek in a few days, so that is going to be some serious boredom buster :)