Rock Bottom stories thread

Rock Bottom stories thread

tell me your stories from rock bottom, i need some cheering up Sup Forums

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Shitty dishwashing job in middle of nowhere Oklahoma that got shut down car broke few days after couldn't get a job survived off crackers and crush drinks good timea

I live with parents and work at a dollar store

>21
>rock bottom
>only have 2 dollars to spare for food every week
>costcutters
>buy 4 of these 50 cent instant meals
>cantbetoobad.jpeg
>get home
>hungry as fuck
>pop one of those fuckers in
>have to ration them out over 7 days
>couldbeworse.png
>microwave dings
>pull that fucker out
>so hungry i dont even hesitate to any extent
>the only thing i cared about is getting that shit in my mouth
>take 4 bites without blinking
>suddenly urge to vomit
>brain catches up to reality
>meal smells like fucking death
>vomit everywhere
>my spare 2 dollars wasted on vomit machines
>cant eat for the rest of the week
>cant eat regardless due to holocaust food poisoning
fucking costcutters

I feel in danger of going down that kind of path. Fucking vacation makes me such a fucking slob.

>be me
>young as hell
>hanging out with older frined
>get rock bottomed
>ded

at least you're not 22, living with your parents and unemployed

i'm 42

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When I was taking too much Adderall and developed schizophrenia from amphetamine psychosis. Lost everything, including, you girlfriend. Fled the state. Quit drugs for good though, been two months.

thats rough
you recovering?

Awww, there's always time to relapse!

I got over it. I thought my roommates were out to get me and that they were communicating with me telepathically. My brain convinced me at the time my girlfriend was fucking everybody and that I was a sociopath. Shit was rough.

Nah I just like Weed these days.

Is that permanent or is it supposed to be reversible?

that shit is crazy
it's all over now at least

I recognized delusion from reality around two weeks after it started, I think it was temporary.

What the fuck was it?

>Last year
>had around 5.5 grand saved up, girlfriend job, things to do etc.
>get fired, kicked out of house and lose girlfriend all in the same month
>month later all my moneys gone cause depressed and wasted it
>homeless for a few months, go literally insane
>start going into random stores and stealing shit with no regard
>have multiple people threaten me with baseball bats for stealing from their store
>end up calling dad to ask if i can live with him
>he tells me he'll call me the next day after things are arranged
>go to the beach, steal a hat, store owner starts fighting me
>get arrested for assault with intent to cause great bodily harm
>serve 2.5 months in jail
> now on probation for 3 years.
>been 13 months since arrest, 26 months left of probation
>still unemployed but regained my sanity
> realize im better off than i was before i got arrested even though i dont have money.

>27
>Never had a GF, not a virgin.
>No job
>Live with an actual psychotic sister, she has been diagnosed by several people, and her actually retarded husband
>Neither of them understand what being a grown up is.
>Every bill gets paid only after it gets shut off, not always because they are broke but just because they are stupid.
>I had a job, needed rides from my sister/brother inlaw.
>They constantly bitch about how they don't have gas money because the only vehicle they have is a huge gas eating truck.
>They had a paid of prius.
>They traded it in for an SUV and lost the SUV because they couldn't afford the payments.
>My sister can't hold a job because she thinks everyone is against her.
>Can't leave because my niece can't be left alone with my sister because she is suicidal and tried killing herself by ODing on valium

Should I go on? My sister is fucking insane she constantly yells at my mom and tries getting money from her even though my mom is paying most the bills.

sweet chilli chicken and rice
never trust an instant meal wrapped in tin foil

>fat slob
>bullied and depressed, want to kill myself
>no grils, no confidence, parents are cunts
>join the army and get fit
>get uni education paid for,
>get jacked
>start getting confidence
>start getting grils
>get promoted
>get deployed and kill muj
>get married
>leave Army after 14 years
>6 fig job, hot wife
>life is good

moral of story, life can and will get better if you want it. Just don't be a fucking pussy and do something about your shit life. I joined the Army because I literally had nothing and was days from killing myself. Best thing I ever did.

jesus

please continue

One time, I was homeless and a substance abuse. One night, when I was sleeping on a sidewalk not two blocks west of the Texas state capitol, some faggots came up and recruited me for gay prostitution in Dallas. They had beer, so I agreed, just to drink the beer.

Sometime around 3am at their apartment I got sick of all the sick homosexual talk, and left. Ended up sleeping in the apartment complex laundry room, leaning on a Pepsi machine.

Later that morning I took a shit behind a dumpster and caught a bus back downtown to the homeless shelter

>had around 5.5 grand
>month later all my moneys gone

$5.5K would could last me 3 months,
and I have a mortgage.

How did you blow that much in a month when you didn't have a job?

One border between Israel and Lebanon. My station leader wants me dead. He disavows my passport. Six months and losing twenty pounds later, back in New York courtesy of an International Red Cross envoy. Held in JFK for a day as they review my passport off an El Al flight. Come back, my bank account is closed, my girlfriend shows me my death certificate. She leaves me because I am not stable. Go to an old contact bar in Greenwich Village. I get the gold coins he stashed for me in case I was invalidated. Work at the bar for a month just to get a work history. Get a new identity. Find my station chief is dead from a later op. Totally disavowed. Friendly in the State Department tells me to stay stateside. Head out west to Nevada. Work in a casino. Other casino workers have similar stories. Told to "make a sure bet", son of a bitch. Big money. Odd retirement payout. Now at a strip club looking after girls and guys that should get laid honestly. At least I'm still alive.

>only have 2 dollars to spare for food every week

FYI, if anyone finds themselves in this situation -
try to save up for a giant bag of rice and a giant bag of pinto beans.

If you buy it in bulk, it is literally pennies per serving.

And rice + beans together forms a "complete protein" that will keep you alive.

noted
thanks user

Good shit. What do you do now?

I dropped 5k last month, took my 3 best friends on a 2 week camping trip where I paid for gas, food, booze for everyone

that is actually very good advice

I got a post-grad engineering degree paid for when I was a young Lieutenant in the Army. I am now an engineering consultant with a private firm, our main customer is the Department of Defence.

I'm technically unemployed and I live with my parents, but I'm also at medical school. Eat shit

cause i really didn't give a shit about anything, smoked a fuckload of weed, probably like 3-4 ounces @ like 300 an O, plus maybe 400 in concentrates, bought like 3 g pens cause they kept breaking, bought ecstasy 3 times, was smoking like 2 packs of cigarettes a day, etc etc etc.

poor choices, also had kidney problems that i had for like 6 years i never handled that contributed to my inability to think clearly, which ive now been handling since i've been reacquainted with society.

best post in weeks,

good on you user.
you get my give a fuck

/thread

I've had to live really cheaply a few times.
The trick is, to buy in bulk, you have to find a way to save up the money first.
Pretty hard to do when saving money literally means missing a meal.
But save the occasional windfall instead of splurging, it can be done.

>Waiting to ship off to boot camp.
>$100 left in account.
>Need to ration that for the next month.
>Lease ends on the 25th.
>Going to be homeless if shit doesn't pull together.
>Waiting on call backs from employers.

Regardless of what happens, if I don't ship out within the next three weeks, I'm going to end up homeless again for at least a week. Fuck me.

How about a recording of my sister throwing a fit?

Car? Can sleep in?

I've always been lucky to have a car, dont owe anybody a dime for it. Makes good for sleep.

Duh, I could spend 5K in a day. In an hour, and so could you.

Obviously the point of the question is why did the poster spend that money while in dire straights.

Noice cheers. You did it man, I'm proud of you.

Army, full-time?

Call your recruiter, they may be able to get you in earlier if it means saving you from being homeless

TAKE THE BLOODY SHOT

my mind was so fucked after losing a 1.5 year relationship + my place to live + my job that i just wanted to die basically

+1 internet to you good sir

>I'm going to end up homeless again for at least a week. Fuck me.

Frankly, I wouldn't call that homeless.
I'd call that suburban camping.

Isn't there a friend you can crash with?

cheers bro, I like to try and help others now. I volunteer with an organisation that helps to get kids off the street and kids with mental health issues. Honestly whilst you still have air in your lungs, there is hope

>Get kicked out of apartment
>lose job
>homeless
>find shady homeless drug dealers to hang with
>end up living in drug house for 8 months
>get addicted to heroin
>resort to burglary and other crimes to pay for my habit

Yea, and it bailed me out last time I was homeless during the Winter. It's a sub-compact, so it's not comfortable, but it'll be good enough to live in for a bit and keep my stuff in. It still sucks though.

I am 34 and at uni. I was a war veteran who served in east timor, afghan and solomon islands. I quit after injury in afghan to face and now starting life all over again in IT because cannot soldier :(
I am not a Robot.

Well good news is, being in the army/navy/ any service is a stupid ass way to live.

so now you can have real dreams

you an Aussie soldier?

So am I. I did Afghan and Iraq.

I am in the process of getting booted for PTSD

Fight through bro

Active duty, Marine Corps.

My recruiter is out of the state right now on personal leave. I can speak to another recruiter and see what can be done, by my ship date's been pushed back a lot on account of the paperwork getting screwed over and over, so I don't know.

Here is short sample of my sister coming into my moms room to bitch about how my mom asked to take a shower in their room because they had a spa tub installed by idiots and so it leaks now.

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>I was a war veteran who served in east timor, afghan and solomon islands.

Solomon islands?
Exactly how old a war veteran are you?

Yea was RAE combat Engineer.
You wont get shit after you leave from them. Zero support. I had six surgeries to my face from a high PSI impact from ANFO bomb

>Be me
>Get girlfriend pregnant at 23
>Have baby boy
>Split up with girlfriend by 25
>Court allows her to move 4 hrs away
>Paying child support
>She OD's on painkillers
>quit job, move back in with my mom
>present

They all either left already or don't reside in the state.

It's more inconvenient than bad - no plumbing, electricity, or things to do for the most part.

Australian Army has been in Solomons for the past 10 years

We do peace keeping there still, even today.

sure why not

Where is kid?

Did you not understand what you signed up for?

see

Worth a try bro, they will have someone else who you can talk to. mention your plight and ask for help. They may even give you transit accomodation on base

>We do peace keeping there still, even today.

Those goddamn holdout Nips.

With me. I always had partial custody but because she was unemployed when we went to court, it was in their "best interest" to move back in with her mom at the time.
As soon as she died, I legally became sole custodian.

fuckin raving lunatic
im sorry man

I loved being a soldier. I would still be there. I was given two options since my return of service was over. Sign up again but be transfered to non combat corp like fucking Sigs or something or leave.

I am a Sig, toured both countries with SOTG

I am already getting zero from them, overheard my CO laugh and tell jokes about an officer that tried to kill himself. That was the last straw that caused me to flip out. Now DVA are being a pack of fuckwits.

Lucky I have a decent family to keep me on the straight and narrow. Best of luck man

For fucking family court its always "best interest" to stay with mom. My mates kid was awarded solely to mom -- who showed up D&D to trial.

Amen to that. It's never over, ever.

these are the stories that keep me away from signing up
as much as I want to since I have nothing else right now

at least you know you have full control of how you raise your son, and you don't have to pay child support now, you can care for your own son.

seems like a win that she died to me, but if you don't like being a father then thats another problem

total bullshit. it's slowly changing to be more fair towards single dads but still pretty far off.

Yea Uni was my best option or work in the mines as a blast monkey. Kinda over explosives after all the surgery to my face from it. Just have to accept my new life now. Yea same to you mate

A few days after that we had to call the cops to get her to leave my moms room.
She completely believes she has never done anything wrong in her life.

She is kinda trying to get better but she is confused because it's starting to click how retarded she has been.
She isn't completely retarded like her husband but doesn't think before doing anything.

>My wife and kids die in a house fire
>Blame myself because I was too busy with work to be there to help them escape
>Develop a drinking problem
>Thought I had it under control
>Start drinking before work
>Get pulled over in work hours by police in company car
>Lose my license
>Boss understands my issues, but has no choice but to fire me
>Slowly eat into my saving after 6 months of doing nothing but drinking
>Get behind on my mortgage and end up lossing the house
>Spend a couple of months on the streets
>After a year the death Insurance comes through
>$500k in the bank
>Decide I need to pull my shit together
>Buy a small apartment

So far, I've been drink free for 2 months. Started looking for a new job. May even use the money I have left from the insurance to buy a small cafe.

There's nothing wrong with being in a non-combat occupation. Everyone has their role.

Shit bro. Mental illnesses suck. Wish I could do something for you.

Why though? all the military does now is make things worse.

I dunno Kapooka is a bit of a giggle

The kid has to grow up without a mother now though.

time of my life when I was in

worth every minute

just the end was a heap of shit

Do not use the money to buy the cafe. Establish a job first, then form an llc to take the loan for a cafe -- that way they can't come back and take your money.

Own a gun and live in california?

>Please come shoot me.

It's gotten better. No child support helped. I quit my old job (had it for 10 years), and started my own company which is slowly picking up. Having my son around all the time is a blast. I know he's taken care of and not by someone blasted on pills. It was hard dealing with telling him about his mom, dealing with his emotions about it, mothers day, etc.

Client. Your main client.

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>these are the stories that keep me away from signing up

Amen brother.
My dad raised me with the thought of going into the military.
And I admire the honor, brotherhood, commitment, etc.
But your life is literally in the hands of dumb fuckwits and you can't change that.
At least with a job, you can quit.

When you are a soldier you really dont think about politics all that much. You kinda tune it out actually. You know everything on the media is given an angle so nothing really phases you when you read it. I got to work out every morning and get paid for it and as an engineer we get to play with all the best toys...

this is very good advice

Whatever you do, don't blow that money. Your wife and kids died for it.

>be me chillin at work
>some tall jacked up mulatto comes up to me
>starts talking shit and roasting me with his catchphrases
>tell him to stop talking shit and settle it like a man
>we duke it out infront of a huge ass crowd
>get rock bottomed
>"1-2-3" lose my title belt

yeah client/customer

we use both terms depending on the service we are offering. If its selling a device they are customers, if we are consulting they are clients

its a crying shame
theres so many people like this who just cant be reasoned with and are a complete waste of human life

>Used to be addicted to the hokey pokey.
>But I've turned myself around.

Yea you start getting that trapped feeling after a few years. Its all fine until you are proper fucked injured. I was my Sarges favourite until I was a casualty. Then the way I was treated by the unit as a whole was very different. My Sarge had a go at me one day after I was fresh out of a surgery (general anesthetic etc) and he had stabbed me with duties to take a bunch of guys fresh from IETs around base and I had just gone and grabbed a coffee and sat down because YOLO. And I pushed sarge into a flower bed. Got three months in military prison. We both had a good laugh after I got out though. Should have hit the cunt but.

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>When we were kids we had one computer
>My sister was obsessed with her online friends because she couldn't make many in real life
>We would have to pry her from the computer
>One time as we tried to pull computer chair away from the computer it fell back.
>According to her after it fell back we held her down
>Actually we still were trying to get her out of the chair
>She was still gripping the chair.