Tell me about Rock bottom.Give me examples of when you built a new life on Rock bottom.Can you?

Answer 1

My rock bottom was during the middle 1950's. My husband of 11 yrs and I had just divorced--learned later that he was on the downward slide of paranoid schizophrenia and later became a street person. I was in my early 30's; had worked as a clerk while putting my husband through UC Berkeley and his 3 yrs in the Army, and had put off having children (until he could get a job--which never happened!). My life seemed over--a hopless life wasted! I stumbled into the Berkeley Mental Health Agency and had the misfortune of getting a new psychiatric resident--who did help me the first 3 months and then had sex with me when I was very dependent upon him. I had gotten a student loan by then and had started graduate school--which is really what pulled me through all that! I broke off from the psychiatrist, who cried and said I'd end up in the state hospital! I had moved into a boarding house in Berkeley--which was really the saving grace!! I HAD to be around people--had meals there, and continued school. The beauty of Berkeley was that it took in all of the world's misfits; gave us refuge and a bright new world!! I got a California teaching certificate and found I was good at something! Later, remarried and had a little girl--but the marriage was bad, so we left and I went on my own with her! Kept going back for my MA in Guidance and Counseling and worked for 21 yrs as therapist for very troubled institutionalized adolescents. I LOVED the work. Got another student loan and did the course work for the Ed Specialist degree--but by then had lost steam and didn't take the boards. I ended up paying off my last student loan when I retired at 66! Rock Bottom for me, was the luckiest thing that could have happened to me!!! I've had a GREAT LIFE and am so very thankful!! PS, my daughter is a very bright successful young woman with a great husband and three BEAUTIFUL children--my Grandchildren, and my LIFE!!

Answer 2

I decided what would be a good rock bottom. I was on my way to jail for probation violation, figured I would lose my job at least while I was in jail and that my pickup would be repossessed. I didn't want to get any lower than that but it would have been entirely possible if I didn't get my stuff together.

Answer 3

My uncle was at rock bottom. He was addicted to Cocaine and trying to kill himself. He ended up getting crajacked by drug dealers and got put into the hospital after trying to kill himself. After the hospital he went to rehab, and N.A and he ended up being pretty succeful.