"The human body produces its own heroin. In fact, when the fight-or-flight instinct is activated in the hypothalamus, your body releases endorphins, dopamine and norepinephrine. That is heroin, cocaine and amphetamine, all at once... There is a reason to believe that a person can get addicted to this type of high." Fahim Ahmadzai - Whiskey Tango Foxtrot http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3553442/quotes?item=qt2958783

I personally wouldn't call this a guilty pleasure but a personal preference.

Some people thrive under pressure and are able to produce their best results. It sounds like you're enjoying such situations so I encourage you to find a role at your current employer or elsewhere that values it - maybe a DevOps role where you are responsible for running a mission critical service might be a good fit.

Software engineering isn't supposed to be exciting. As you've observed, it's adrenaline-inducing only when something goes wrong.

That said, if you also don't think it's interesting or challenging without that adrenaline rush, you might want to spend some time thinking about what you do find interesting and challenging and consider switching jobs, specialties, or careers. Your post suggests to me that you feel insufficiently challenged.

A crisis can clear away interpersonal bullshit and have a permanent effect of improving teamwork. This is a principle of military training and the basis of the "team building" industry which is about subjecting a group to a simulated crisis.