What's rock bottom, anyway?
By Yuki
@yukimori (10148)
United States
August 6, 2015 2:57pm CST
Is it when you're so broke that you can't even find the moths that used to be in your wallet?
Is it the 5-day notice in the mail telling you that you need to pay your rent, you blankety-blanking slacker?
The past due notices from the credit cards?
The call from the bill collector with the debt that's suddenly increased over $800 since the last time you heard anything about it?
The fact that they can try to get blood from the stone, but it ain't happening because your household makes so little you're judgement proof?
Is it when you look at your partner and realize you can't see a future with them?
Or is it just another euphemism for new beginnings?
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6 responses
@LovingMyBabies (85288)
• Valdosta, Georgia
6 Aug 15
Rock bottom for me was when my infant daughter was rushed to the hospital, had to have an IV in her head because we were homeless (living in a tent) in the middle of winter. Being homeless is not as easy as some people think it is. Those were the hardest times of my life.
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@cynthiann (18602)
• Jamaica
8 Aug 15
I am so sorry that this happened to you. I would have taken you all in - despite not having enough room and I would have cared for you.
@topffer (42156)
• France
6 Aug 15
No bill collector never managed to call me when I could not pay the bills. At this time my fixed phone had a permanent line failure : the phone was unplugged
. They had to come and ring at the door and I was not seeing them often
. I would never plunge into rock bottom for money problems. For me it was when my father got an Alzheimer disease, and that I realized that I could not do anything for him.
. They had to come and ring at the door and I was not seeing them often. I would never plunge into rock bottom for money problems. For me it was when my father got an Alzheimer disease, and that I realized that I could not do anything for him.3 people like this
@TLChimes (4822)
• United States
7 Aug 15
I lived on the streets as a child. I used drinking to help me sleep as a teen. I lost two babies before they were old enough to breathe on their own. None of that was my rock bottom, just bumps to be gotten over.
But the bottom came for me over the course of the last two years or so. I lost a friend, my grandmother, then my mom, followed by my grandfather and father in law. I said goodbye to some online friends that I cared about. People were treating people I cared about with pure evil. I was facing some hard things where my son's health. Money is always an issue.... finally I just didn't have the duct tape to hold it all together anymore.
I think people have different "rock bottoms" and I think everyone deals with them differently.
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@much2say (56087)
• Los Angeles, California
7 Aug 15
Hitting rock bottom is different for everyone. I'm not going to go into mine - but if anything it was a serious wake up call for me. It may not be considered rock bottom exactly, but it could have been worse - way worse - and I hope to never be in that situation again. Even though I was darn lucky to get out of it, there is still a sandy residue I feel from it.
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@cmoneyspinner (9219)
• Austin, Texas
6 Aug 15
Parable of the prodigal son. (Luke 15:11-32) * * I realize this is a global community and many may not be familiar with “What Would Jesus Say”. It's a story of a young man who demanded his father give him his inheritance so he could go off and live his life! His father complied. The son left home, wasted his money, ended up in a pig's pen, and was so hungry he was ready to eat the pig's food. That's rock bottom. * * But the young man came to his senses and picked himself up. If you want to go lower than rock-bottom, just stay stupid!
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