Originally Posted by
MarlinVX 
No, she is not looking for TLC, we have tried all that, no one really knows what her problem is.
I can't speak for your wife but sometimes addiction can just have physical roots, there doesn't always have to be an emotional reason. Your wife was on chemically addictive drugs which she was given to "treat" what was most likely awful pain. It sounds like initially she took them to relieve her pain but after a while they rewired her brain and created a dependence on them. I'm not saying that she doesn't have emotional issues which she needs to deal with, just that she may not.