I'm coming in way late, but thought I'd add my 0.02 worth.
I had a history of getting credit card debt, then consolidating at better interest rates.
This helped out short term, but my problem was that we just kept running up things.
Finally, my wife and I spent a lot of time talking, and got on the same page.
We meet every month, go over the budget and the debt payoff (I print it up and do the work, because I like that stuff!)
After we got on the same page, I got a bunch of 0% balance transfer cards and did another round of consolidation.
This time, with a weekly cash budget and being on the same page, it's working out great!!
Point is, yeah, you took a shortcut to some degree, but it helped out, and if you use the lesson to keep going in the right direction, I think you'll be fine.
Random tip of the day: you can buy a 25 lb bag of rice for like $10. Do you have any idea how much rice that is????
Beans are also shockingly cheap in bulk. ;)