Pain is a moral good. This is what makes a conservative. Avoiding pain, through opioids or booze or distraction, is always a moral bad. Utilitarianism is a poison in this regard. Our societies have insulated us from pain & consequently the divine. We all feel comfortably numb.
“He who learns must suffer And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget Falls drop by drop upon the heart, And in our own despite, against our will, Comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.“ —Aeschylus