My wife also seems to handle physical pain quite well, since she knows it's coming from a place of love, but she doesn't do as well with temperature, especially spending the night outside, in the yard. Especially in the winter.
Addiction is highly correlated with depression and is a symptom of loosing connection with something important in one's life. It is a from of escape form this life because missing that connection is too painful.
https://thelostconnections.com/
Here are some of the connections we need so that we are not tempted by surrogates:
- connection with others, our tribe, people we can confess with when needed, who we can 'share ourselves' with
- connection with meaningful work
- a healthy value system that is not overly materialistic
- being driven by inner purposes rather than outer ones
- connection with our own subconscious fears and desires
- having hope in the future - etc
This is just like when the British Parliament approved GMOs in the UK and on the same day officially forbid GMO foods from being served in the Parliament restaurant.
BTW I know the guy who was the head of the team who invented the GMO technology. He and his family and relatives only eat the cleanest, best quality ORGANIC food they can find.