Hi.  I am a 26 year old with 37 credits completed towards a BS in Biology/Chemistry.  After deciding to return to school, I found that the financial liability was too much to handle.  I have been warned once of a possible foreclosure on my home, but luckily caught up on my payments.  As of 7/28/06, my bank has considered me to be in default on my car payment and, unless I learn something new tomorrow, I'm afraid that I will be losing my only means of transportation.  I dropped out of High School at the age of 17 and became heavily involved in drugs.  At the age of 20, I had a psychological breakdown that took nearly 2 years to recover from.  I have been diagnosed with depression, bi-polar disorder, and schizo-effective disorder.  Rather than use these things as an excuse to let my life go, they have helped motivate me to do more with my life.  As of right now, I am able to live without medication, own my own home, exercise 4 days a week and have kickboxing and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu training 3 times a week.  It is starting to become very hard to stay focused on work or school with my financial burdens.  If anyone knows of any scholarships that are available to a person in my position, it would help me tremendously.  Also, I am ineligible for federal grants because I earned too much money last year, before I decided to go back to school.

i am on here to help others i have been through alot in my life ..drugs..prison..loosing my kids..no money no job.. i have been homless..no car no life..depression..suicide  u name it  hell lets put it that way but i have my life and my kids and sober all back and more ...i still have issues but who doesent.if i write to you expect me to be honest and straight forward with you  i am not intressed in hearing about self pitty and excuses..if i write you and you write back all mad  cuz you cant handle the truth dont bother cuz it wont bother me..plus if you write back giving 100s of excuses why you cant  then i wont hear it ethier..be a positive person and take some control over your life it is your life  so only u can do it for u 

I am a 36 yr. old woman and a recovering addict looking for a way to go to college.  I am unemployed, I have no savings, no car, no type of insurance, I am starting my life over from scratch and I am trying to finally fulfill my dreams.  I live with my "significant other" who takes care of my basic needs but cannot afford to put me through school.  I am trying to find grants or scholarships that will cover my tuition.  I am interested in a Bachelors Degree in the arts of Psychology.   Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Hi, Single parent and full time student who has maintained well.  Ran into a few problems these past couple of months.  Ga. Power, the sole provider of electric service here in atlanta has decided to charge me and arm and leg for my winter utilities.  When asked about this 4 month long spike, they told me that the therms cost more and so does winter heating.  Long story short, my child and i are in need of emergency assistance.  We live in a total electric house and have been having a very bad week.  I maintain all my bills, but that ga. power was sending bills here before i could pay the other.  i just need a little help to get over this hump, then i will be graduating and hopefully finding work in my field, social work.  Thanks for all your prayers and any help given will be greatly appreciated. Thanx 4 reading all this.

Times are difficult for everyone right now...so I don't know why I'd come to this site to see if I could get any assistance with my financial problems...I read some of the stories/comments and I really don't feel like I have a problem anymore. I mean, I work 40 hours a week, so does my husband, but we can't make ends meet. Everyday it seems like something else happens to put us back further.  We haven't had food in our house in months, but we get by.  Our rent is behind by 1 month, but it could be worse(we could be sleeping on a bench, or behind a building).  I guess I'm thankful for the situation I'm in right now...after reading I don't have it as bad...I wish I could help some of these folks myself.

2 1/2 years ago I decided to get off ALL chemical substances (my doc was crack-cocaine, weed, and booze). I thought i was always broke back then, but now that I pay my bills it's even harder to stay above -- I call it the "wreckage of my past...." It haunts me day and night, but I'd rather be clean & sober and be broke than to be an addict and be broke.  I hold onto my faith to get me through each day, and I know eventually I will see the light, and I'll come out on top. So if your struggling -- hold on, your time will come...their are people around us who want to help, they're out there.  Just keep the faith.

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