I think it all falls into place as one gains more and more confidence that Spirit can be relied on. Compulsive behavior starts due to a lack of this confidence, only our experience of God can restore the confidence and heal the root cause of compulsion. Our freewill can't be sanely controlled, the fear energies that motivate it can heal, then freewill takes a healthy course on its own. I do not know for sure that this is the ideal way to look at it or not, I'm merely relating my experiences and choices that I've encountered. I have experienced that there are no prerequisite beliefs or behavior required in order to receive the spiritual gift of who we really are.
Surrender is always possible.
And I notice that fish seems to settle or digest better than most of the vegetarian protein that I used to eat as alternatives. An aspect of pain that I have observed is that it seems that a faith that 'all that is' is OK leads to a lessening of concern about pain. If we accept it and let it be without judgment it usually goes away because the body and spirit are great healers. Only our panic or fear of it keeps it alive and coming back. When it goes away it becomes apparent that the only thing that was keeping it alive was your attention, your fear of it.