• ameancow@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    Almost through my 40’s and I’ve:

    • Had three decent careers that each abruptly laid me off without warning.
    • Had a home and lost it.
    • Had a car and lost it.
    • Had parents and siblings and lost them
    • Had health and lost it.
    • Had good credit and lost it.
    • Had tens of thousands in savings and spent it on family members with cancer. (They died anyway.)
    • Had a drinking problem and lost it, so hey score one!
    • tiredofsametab@fedia.io
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      20 hours ago

      Yeah, I got laid off multiple times, lived out of my car, and have a bunch of health problems. The drinking problems also came because of the former (and mental healthcare in the US) and caused/worsened some of the former. Hang in there!