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Rock bottom; having only 1 utility and that was gas, no electricity and no water. Our water was a 50 gallon barrel that we filled up. Only reason we had gas still was that for some reason a few months before I overpaid and it was still on a positive balance.
Three of us living in a rental at the time facing certain eviction and just using the legal process to prolong it. Positive note if your dirt poor and know the system you can fuck with landlords.
Our car which belonged to one roommate had cracked its block, they lost their delivery job due to this. Other roommate who was a mechanic busted his right arm and cracked some ribs and was also out of a job. The bills began to spiral out of control to land us in that situation.
Our food budget for three people was a dollar twelve per day total over the course of three months.
During this period I was able to re-fix the budget, find enough ways to make some money and got all three of us back on our feet with enough cash to secure another rental (first and down payment) plus utilities. From that period on I have always demanded that I am in control of the finaces.
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