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That stuff is just insidious. I know a guy who was a very successful businessman, he owned and ran a large regional trucking company, worked his ass of and was doing great. Serious "pillar of the community" kind of guy. He started doing crack as a way to get a few extra hours of work in every day. Three years later, he's smoked up his business and his home, and lost his standing in the community, and most of his friends. Last I knew, his daughter kicked him out of her house for stealing her jewelry. This guys is now in his late 60s, living in a shelter, scrounging enough money for the next hit. It's just really, really sad what that stuff does to people's lives.
You did what you did. Was it the right thing? Probably. But don't second-guess. What you did was what you did. You can't let yourself be too attached to someone whose life is headed that direction. You can be sad for her, but you don't have to BE her.
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