It's somewhat suprising how everybody is encouraging lhileman to adopt a baby after she shared words that should serve as red flags, "I keep hurting the people that I love the most, and I don't know why. I really need help! I am sooooo lonely..."
It seems somewhat irresponsible to encourage such a person to persevere in adopting a child without having additional information to address the obvious issues. For example, how does lhileman keep hurting those she loves? Does she physically abuse them? Steal from them? Rarely meet her commitments? Or, is that simply a dramatic way of expressing the shortcomings that most children-ready parents have?
"I really need help!" Is that cry for help with a chemical addiction? If so, why are you people encouraging her to adopt a kid!!
Finally, if one's primary, or significant motive for wanting a baby is because s/he is lonely, then not only should the person refrain from making a decision about a baby while lonely, but s/he should not be encouraged to have a baby to help address that need.
Let's take a moment to think about how we are responding before doing so. lhileman may very well be a healthy person and well preprared for parenthood, but a little caution is certainly appropriate since you don't have enough context for her words. Accoridngly, you have no idea if your responses are helpful or a fool's advice, pushing her and her potential baby toward disaster.