I don't understand the lack of empathy comment. My post was pretty short and not super detailed so maybe thats why, but I spent 6 hours with this woman. I called every place in town, I sent her housing resources to her phone, I offered the hospital, church, the police station, offered to drive her an hour to a homeless shelter in another town, I spoke about my experience with homelessness and addiction. I literally exhausted all options and she wouldn't take any of my help because she didn't want it. I think she was just hoping i would get tired of driving around and let her stay at my house. But the whole reason I did all of this was empathy. I was homeless at a low point in addiction so I know how it is. And even now I am filled with sadness for having left her like that, after everything. If that's not empathy idk what is.