Emotion and memory - addiction

I am on a role here, but I will take another approach and come back to sex. We look at the bad effects of poernography, drugs, alcohol, etc. - the pereived heavy addictions. What about overeating and greed. These topics are rarely addressed in Christin circles. I can remember Sveta talking about her  workplace in the dialysis center. The dietician would mention to people that they  should lose weight. Some patients would become upset and even file complaints. Although the change would greatly improve their health, they preffered to rely on medical science alone to oslve their health problems. Are we so sensitive that we will not admit to overeating. We all feel pleasure in eating at imes. Food desires are kept in our memory. Cells retain a memory of desirable foods in the mind. Sveta bought me several boxes of cinamon Alltoids. I would consume one each time that I took a trip in the car. After several months I ran out. For weeks I would get in the car and my body would crave an Alltoid. The memory would trigger when I got into the car and my body would want an Alltoid. My emotions were also supporting this desire for weeks and I felt somewhat negative for a few moments until the urge passed.
     And what about materialism addiction? I recall one story about a man who's wife died. He lived in a large house. One room had wall shelves and closets that were filled with shoes. The wife had bought thousands of expensive shoes. She liked goìng shopping for shoes. To keep the emotional rush, one would have to go out and shop for another pair of shoes. I wonder how this scripture applies to the relationship of ou r mind to our emotions and memory: The mind governed by the flesh is death, but the mind governed by the Spirit is life and peace. Romans 8:6.