What Was "Rock Bottom" for You and How Did You Rebound from It?

2005
Fiancée was living foul
Lost my job in Cali
Had to move back home to take care of my mom dealing with cancer
Was working three jobs
Battles with past demons and drinking
One night contemplated suicide by driving into a pillar while on 59 but something my g-ma always told me" God doesn't give you more then you can handle"
And after that, took a break from the yambs and things I thought was bringing me happiness, got professional help and my life has been great ever since. Glad I didn't commit that because I'm at peace and have a beautiful family.
Blessed.
 
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Fall 2012, it was the first semester of last year in college. I was depressed, was getting played by a female, was finding things out about my childhood and life up to that point and everything was really hard for me at the time. I knew things were bad when I tried using alcohol to remove the pain (obviously didn't work). A few weeks later it scared the hell outta me that i would use a substance like that and made me think about my father (is/was a drug addict) whom I never want to become. I didn't drink again until my Graduation day (from Sept to May), really started re-evaluating my life and the roots of my depression, made deans list back to back, and accepted an offer for my first internship within that time.
 
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I graduated law school in 2010 with six figures of debt and no job; was sleeping on my sister's couch in San Diego for 8 months until I could find a gig; was dodging creditors left and right for so long - I believe I had like $200 to my name during the time. Applied to probably fifty jobs a day, went on coffee with alumni, went to networking events, and couldn't find a lick for nothing. Had shorties dodge me because I didn't have an abode and couldn't take them out. That type of debt with no possible end in sight wears on you mentally. Didn't help that I was smoking trees all day. Marijuana is terrible when your life aint together - just induces depression. All my friends in school were ballin with dope jobs and stuntin hard. Was a tough pill to swallow considering I did everything right but the economy can get us all.
 
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I graduated law school in 2010 with six figures of debt and no job; was sleeping on my sister's couch in San Diego for 8 months until I could find a gig; was dodging creditors left and right for so long - I believe I had like $200 to my name during the time. Applied to probably fifty jobs a day, went on coffee with alumni, went to networking events, and couldn't find a lick for nothing. Had shorties dodge me because I didn't have an abode and couldn't take them out. That type of debt with no possible end in sight wears on you mentally. Didn't help that I was smoking trees all day. Marijuana is terrible when your life aint together - just induces depression. All my friends in school were ballin with dope jobs and stuntin hard. Was a tough pill to swallow considering I did everything right but the economy can get us all.
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How did you rebound from that? If you went to law school, I'm sure you're a learned person.
 
Gentrification said:
Next week will be 6 months I gave up drinking. Within a month I broke my exes windshield, ran away to NYC to stay with a alcoholic who I ended up trashing her apartment over a fight, never spoke again. Got slapped for talking to slick to my friends friend(chick). Came back to California, got robbed by two prostitutes while one was in the back giving me wop. Hella dumb. End up getting choked out by my ex's brother in law the same night. I could not make that up :smh:  Mind you all of this was on Henny and or Tequila mixed with some type of meds. All of 2014 was spent gone all the way into February 2015.

Since then I still hit the herb but no more Henny or pills for me. I rarely go out and have no toxic women in my life. I haven't missed a day of work, work out every day. I'm bored as hell, and agitated. I'm used to drama in my life and action. But it is what it is. I had to do it...
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Bruh I am going to write a story about your life based on this right here.

You're tragic misdeeds are dramedy gold.

But, yea, good job at getting it together.

But yea, this is fascinating as hell for some reason.
 
Had Anxiety really bad and Depression.

Graduated College, Got a sales job but was not into the sales thing and left.........Could not get a job to save my life......moved back to my Mom's crib and everything all while I was engaged....She held it down but it was something about my life that had me on depression. I had medical Anxiety i figured out....took me down a real dark path in life and almost had me lose it all.....Fiance, Life , everything.....

I played ball in college, worked out 3 times a week, ate pretty well but it did not help my mind....No matter what happened I would Google any small symptom I had.....headaches, body soreness, fatigue, you name it....Problem with that is we all know Dr. Google can steer the mind the wrong way...Exsp someone who is already dealing with Depression.........I was at work Googling and reading about All types of Illnesses I "thought" I had....I was getting each and every symptom throughout the day and at night. All i thought about was the fatal illnesses I could of had all day long. Stopped paying attention to my fiance, family...stopped taking her out places and going to things....laid around in the bed all day crying and thinking as if I was dying.....:rolleyes

I had to pray and take a long hard look at myself in the mirror......One day I just laid up in the shower and cried and got it all out and said I am not going out like this....If I have something then I will deal with it but I cannot let it stop my life and take it down the drain everyday.

Currently getting professional help and found a great job I love to work at now.......It is def small steps in order to get back right but I am on the right path.....
 
2011-2013

Graduated in '11 with my degree but only found a part time job. Moved back to the high desert in CA with no whip, once an hour bus service and no friends. Only had a crazy ex that was holding me down.

I eventually got into graduate school, got my Ls and whip and moved back to LA but left after a semester. Got into it with the program director who fired me because I lied about something minuscule. Didn't work for pay for another 11 months. Grandmother's house burned down so I had to take care of her and my disabled aunt by driving them everywhere, every single day. This made it tough for job interviews, some unpaid intern work I was doing, etc because I wasn't seeing any type of income besides gas money and food. By mid '13 I was gettng ready to burn my degree and began to accept the fact that I was not going to get a job, have a family and become another statistic to the county. I was truly depressed, I drank a lot and I had zero confidence despite losing over 40 lbs. In between all of this I had two crazy girlfriends, one of which I had gotten pregnant but she had miscarried :smh:


August 2013 I received an opportunity to work for Metro and I'm still here now. This job has opened up so many doors for me and I'm blessed to even be in the position that I'm in. I know that my story isn't as intense as other but we all go through things and I'm glad that my brethren on here have overcome their various obstacles. One love!
 
Gentrification said:
Next week will be 6 months I gave up drinking. Within a month I broke my exes windshield, ran away to NYC to stay with a alcoholic who I ended up trashing her apartment over a fight, never spoke again. Got slapped for talking to slick to my friends friend(chick). Came back to California, got robbed by two prostitutes while one was in the back giving me wop. Hella dumb. End up getting choked out by my ex's brother in law the same night. I could not make that up :smh:  Mind you all of this was on Henny and or Tequila mixed with some type of meds. All of 2014 was spent gone all the way into February 2015.

Since then I still hit the herb but no more Henny or pills for me. I rarely go out and have no toxic women in my life. I haven't missed a day of work, work out every day. I'm bored as hell, and agitated. I'm used to drama in my life and action. But it is what it is. I had to do it...
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Congrats on getting thru it bro!
 
JRAdagreat72 said:
2011-2013

Graduated in '11 with my degree but only found a part time job. Moved back to the high desert in CA with no whip, once an hour bus service and no friends. Only had a crazy ex that was holding me down.

I eventually got into graduate school, got my Ls and whip and moved back to LA but left after a semester. Got into it with the program director who fired me because I lied about something minuscule. Didn't work for pay for another 11 months. Grandmother's house burned down so I had to take care of her and my disabled aunt by driving them everywhere, every single day. This made it tough for job interviews, some unpaid intern work I was doing, etc because I wasn't seeing any type of income besides gas money and food. By mid '13 I was gettng ready to burn my degree and began to accept the fact that I was not going to get a job, have a family and become another statistic to the county. I was truly depressed, I drank a lot and I had zero confidence despite losing over 40 lbs. In between all of this I had two crazy girlfriends, one of which I had gotten pregnant but she had miscarried :smh:


August 2013 I received an opportunity to work for Metro and I'm still here now. This job has opened up so many doors for me and I'm blessed to even be in the position that I'm in. I know that my story isn't as intense as other but we all go through things and I'm glad that my brethren on here have overcome their various obstacles. One love!
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Much Love!! Keep that Grind !!!
 
got addicted real bad to opiates after/ during college, but somehow managed to graduate w/ business degree despite the terrifying amounts of alcohol and whatever else was around...addiction progressed to the point I was IV ing pills/ dope 10+X a day...lost everything- I had finally hit bottom when my addict girlfried of 5 years couldnt deal with the lifestyle anymore and left and went back to  brazil (she was born there)... got cleaned up and built my life back up, was clean for two years.... things were good until I relapsed and was spending all my money, and a lot of my time doing dope/ pills in the Tenderloin for a few months...crashed/ totaled my brand new car when I was high off bad drugs (got sold xanex that was made to look exactly like oc- oc is crazy expensive-xan isnt), I ended up in the hospital with a busted spleen. somehow avoided getting any charges....my family helped me get back on my feet and clean up again. been sober about 4 months now, got a long road ahead of me but ive got my own place, good job, a whip to drive, and things are looking up.

without my family & friends having my back 100% i dont know where I'd be right now
 
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wj4 said:
How did you rebound from that? If you went to law school, I'm sure you're a learned person.
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Honestly man, I humbled myself. No job was too good for me, though I had solid credentials. I was persistent with putting myself out there, and eventually met an individual that gave me a temporary job that didnt pay much but gave me incredible experience. Stayed until I had a great reputation and flipped that job into a better job, which still wasn't where I needed to be, but just kept hustling. And now I work for one of the top ten firms in the world and doing what I love.

Hardship is about persistence. I think we all have our down times. The key is too not get too consumed into it, or too disbelieve in your abilities to bounce back. I'm very fortunate all of that happened. It humbled me and helped instill financial discipline. I'm blessed to make a great salary now but because of that experience I live like I make a quarter of it. When you are forced to live with the bare essentials you suddenly come to light with what you need versus what you desire.

To everyone currently in the storm, I hope you find peace and resolve during your time of stress.
 
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I enjoy reading threads like these, Makes me aware of all the bad **** that can really pile on in the world, glad a lot of you guys are making it through the tough times. 
 
Stuck in that storm now.  I try to be positive, but I know it's all fake because I mask it with materialistic happiness.  I want to be truly happy, and everything I did in my past, I'm facing the consequences now.

The only thing I can tell myself to keep me going is that, sure the past made you who you are today;  but the past doesn't determine your future.  Who are in this present day, with everything you've learned from the past, will create your future.  The present day you is who you are, not that past you.  But ultimately, your future depends on you and not what you did in the past.

Just got let go from my job at wall street, was going to get promoted today actually, but my background check came in and they told me they can't officially hire me because of it.  Even though they loved me and couldn't believe, they had to let me go because it wasn't in there hands.  I have an open case, and if it was closed there wouldn't be a problem.

Happened two days, but I stayed positive and just got another job interview on monday in Wall street.  Met the dude randomly, and I guess he really like my persona.  But I'm going to keep it real with him on monday and tell him I have an open case at the end of the interview. Really hurt me when they called me into the office, I knew I was getting promoted, but then they hit me with the background check.  My manager really thought it was a mistake, and it could've been another person with the same name as me.  Didn't want to lie as my mentor was there also, so I kept it a buck.  Wanted to cry so bad.
 
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Honestly man, I humbled myself. No job was too good for me, though I had solid credentials. I was persistent with putting myself out there, and eventually met an individual that gave me a temporary job that didnt pay much but gave me incredible experience. Stayed until I had a great reputation and flipped that job into a better job, which still wasn't where I needed to be, but just kept hustling. And now I work for one of the top ten firms in the world and doing what I love.

Hardship is about persistence. I think we all have our down times. The key is too not get too consumed into it, or too disbelieve in your abilities to bounce back. I'm very fortunate all of that happened. It humbled me and helped instill financial discipline. I'm blessed to make a great salary now but because of that experience I live like I make a quarter of it. When you are forced to live with the bare essentials you suddenly come to light with what you need versus what you desire.

To everyone currently in the storm, I hope you find peace and resolve during your time of stress.
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That's what's up, man. Assuming all the stories are real, this is the best thread right now. When you're at the bottom the only direction is up.

I've never been a homeless but I almost cried when my mom told me sometimes she mixed milk with water when I was a kid to eat with my cereal because she had no money to buy grocery. Also remember when she had to park the car elsewhere so it wouldn't get towed.
 
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Love this thread!

What doesn't break you, makes you stronger.

Will share my story too. I am just recovering from my bottom point but it has made me a much better person. Can't remember the last time I was this happy day to day, my faith also plays a big part of this.

One thing that helped my mentality is to never focus on my 'lack' but to always be grateful and blessed for the things I do have in my life.
 
at rock bottom for about two years. Started in 2k13 not totally out of it but I feel better about myself and my situation. Not all depressed anymore
Had gotten a divorce ,had my twins daughters to take care of , they were 1 1/2 yrs old, no job , had no family to help me.
Didnt know how to take care of them didn't know how to be a good father and was overwhelmed and it was depressing.
used weed as a means to cope with being bored. I quit smoking last month and while I don't have a job right now but im optimistic about the future and I'm great with my kids now.
 
My crib was burglarized 3 yrs ago and I just wanted to get rid of myself. Then I realized I can
replace those items and a life isn't replaceable.
 
Keep Them Heads up Fellas!!!

That is what I tell myself every days...Some are better than others for me but I am making progress!!
 
spacedoodoo said:
I enjoy reading threads like these, Makes me aware of all the bad **** that can really pile on in the world, glad a lot of you guys are making it through the tough times. 
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Me too, had some moments where I felt I was rock bottom, dont want to get into but i appreciate yall telling ya stories reminds me to keep my head up

I know it sounds cheesy to some but honestly prayer and the lord helps me alot through bad days
 
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knowledgebones72 said:
Bruh I am going to write a story about your life based on this right here.

You're tragic misdeeds are dramedy gold.

But, yea, good job at getting it together.

But yea, this is fascinating as hell for some reason.
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 Right on. Man I have sense of humor about it myself. If I sat back and actually thought about it 
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. But life is beautiful. 
 
FreshLeeLA said:
1C3M4M said:
I know it sounds cheesy to some but honestly prayer and the lord helps me alot through bad days
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Never cheesy to have faith and look to God for answers. Honestly, that's what saved me
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Yeah my faith has definitely come into 0play with this. I'm non religous but I do believe in God and I know that there is some omnipotent being out there working this **** out.

Keep y'all heads up and keep focused. It's never the end, only the storm before the sun.
 
Dropping out of my first school. Not only was I not ready for college I was lazy as hell and had too much pride to admit I needed help. I also struggled with my confidence at that time because I had gained weight.

So when I finally got the boot I went into a downward spiral. I was always lashing out at people, gained even more weight, would just lay in my room locked up all day in a place I hated because my parents had decided to move right after my high school graduation. Couldn't even see my girl or friends the way I wanted too because I was piss poor and embarrassed and these were people I've known for years. I had lost track with some of them because I pretty much put myself into exile over my embarrassment of not being what I thought I should be.

Took me a while to really get myself together.

Years later I'm down from 240 to 195 now. Going to a new school in the fall, somewhere I always wanted to go. Working towards my own spot permanently, will hopefully have that real soon too. Still want something beyond retail jobs but for now it will do. My work ethic still needs fine tuning but I have made strides there. I'm just trying to live life, it could be better but it's DEFINITELY been worse so I'm grateful for what I do have currently.
 
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