The addiction to opioids is not about pain, the addiction to opioids is about getting high.
“The addiction to opioids is not about pain, the addiction to opioids is about getting high.”
For some sure it’s about getting high, but that’s painting with too broad a brush.
For others it’s relief from physical, torturous pain. In a sense, yes, you are addicted, but more accurately the person is dependent on the medication to keep the pain to a manageable level and feeling ‘high’ has absolutely nothing to do with it.