Emotionally yes but I am strong enough mentally to fight back.

Well to be honest,i kinda am right now and it seems like a hole i cant get out of right now.I Feel stuck and want to go back to school,but every dollar i get is going to my gas tank or to eat.

I have. I am there right now and its a constant struggle to keep my head up. I am managing though.

Several times, they were lessons learned the hard way, but oddly enough, they were also opportunities to start anew. Those times had made me a stronger yet more humble person.

yes i have. so far, nothing has kept me there.

"I fell into a hole then fell through the floor and fell some more." We all have. I'm in a rut now. But as humans we keep goin.

March 2, 2004 to April 13, 2004 That was the only time I was ever at rock bottom. Lets just say, I was not myself.

Like the guy who jumped off the Empire State building. As he fell, folks he passed screamed "Are you okay?" He replied, "Everything is great, so far." Not a bad philosophy, even when you're sinking.

Yes....How many times can I count?

yes, many times, but a Hand came and lifted me up, and I am still here. :-)

Yes. It hurt like hell. "Don't you know how hard it is to hit the ground and mean it". Bruce Cockburn Dialogue With the Devil lyrics Lyrics: Standing on a rock in a river Staring at the splintered sun You could drown yourself in jewels Like a thousand other fools While you stand there looking down at what you've won Sitting on a mountain of ashes Face to face with past regrets You could roll down to the canyon Piss away this incarnation But remember that you pay for what you get And he says, "But don't you know How hard it is To hit the ground and mean it. And mean it?" Walk the jangling streets of the city Trying to find the buried sun You could drown yourself in jewels Like a thousand other fools While you wander waiting for it to be done And he cries, "Why don't we celebrate? Why don't we celebrate? Love can make you sad. Come on, let's drive ourselves mad." And he's aware How hard it is To kiss the sun and mean it. And mean it. And he screams, "Why don't we celebrate? Why don't we celebrate? Life can make you sad. Come on, let's drive ourselves mad." Standing on a rock in a river Staring at the rain made one On the surface flashing diamonds Rolling down the twilight canyon And we shall kiss the sun in spite of him So why don't we celebrate? Why don't we celebrate? Why don't we celebrate?

Emotionally, I have. I was in a snowmobile accident in 7th grade, and I almost died. Since the hospital I was in was so far away, my friends couldn't really visit me. So after my accident I was confused as to why I didn't die, and I felt like I didn't have any true friends to turn to. Since I had a brain injury, I had to learn everything over. For years, I was depressed and confused as to why I had lived. (For a while, I wished I hadn't.) So, yeah, I'd say I hit rock bottom before.

It sure feels like I have at least a few times. But, I also have to think..there may be rockier, deeper, harder bottoms to hit than what I have thus far!

yep. sad to say, while attending college 22 years ago, i was into gambling..i'd go hit the slots in reno, nevada once a month..then i became obsessive, in which i almost lost my apt! freinds rallied behind me to get me to join an intervention group and, since then, ive not stepped foot in a gambling establishment

Yes, and it felt like sh*t, so I'll never return.

Absolutely. The best part? Having nowhere to go but up.

Once

Yes. I was told not to let so much line out.

yes, and my body really hurt!

Yes several times in the last 4 months, and fairly hard each time. I haven't reached the top yet to breathe properly either.

Hehehe, yup...literally. I was doing a rapid descent on a drift dive and didn't judge my drop rate well enough and hit my BC's power inflater enough. 110 feet and smack. I hit rocks on the bottom. Kinda like not pulling your parachute's ripcord in time.

In a practical sence,only when washing for gold and hitting hard rock, a lot of effort for zero return.

Yes. And even dug a little.

financial wise..no...other things yes...

When you lose someone you Love with all your Heart in a Terrible Wreck. I'd say I have Hit Rock Bottom and Still There.

I'm there right now. It's been so hard with out Jay. He was my light at the end of a very long, dark journey. And now when he's the only one I need I can't have him hear to comfort me like only he could.

I did while I was tubbing on the Tickfaw river. I got a suit full of rocks and a scrape on my bottom.

Yes, and it almost killed me. Instead, it made me somewhat stronger and smarter.

a few times, yes. but i always had someone to reach down and pull me back up. i'm almost there now, but i'm hanging on to what i have. its just tough and i feel like i'm slipping. but i hope i can count on being helped back onto me feet again.

Yes. But here I am.

OH YES! more than once, more than twice infact.

Yes, plenty, and I'm visiting the lovely place again lately. But if you think of it in terms of sinking in a pool, I guess one would have to rise up again eventually. So that's always something to look forward to.

Nope. Real "Rock Bottom" is "dead", otherwise, it's just the lowest place you think you can go before you find the trapdoor. I've been there a few times.

Yeah and you don't bounce when you hit rock bottom you kind of go "splat"! However, you get up bruised and bloody but never beaten. That's the important part - never beaten. Overwhelmed, unorganised and in too deep but never beaten.

Yeah I have hit rock bottom. One day I was fishing, tripped on a squirrel and fell 50 feet down a crevas and landed on my head.

Yes ... It is the way to test our strengths and weaknesses the positive side to being at the bottom Is there is only one way to go from there, up or forward ... we are given the bad, so we can appreciate the good when it comes ... and to remind good people where they came from ...

Yes, and I bumped my head when I got there.

I have hit rock bottom, a few times. I get right up, clean the mud, put up a smile & start to climb back up, only to reach half way and fall back hard again. But a particular time in my life i fell hitting so hard and I knew just then that i could never fall that hard and low ever in my life again once i was back up, as i would take a different route, take each slow & careful step while remaining close to God. I believe Troubles are God's special way of keeping some of us humans in check, making us humble and keeping us closer to him, cos he knows we generally won't seek him when everything is going perfectly. I have no doubt that God created those red milestones in my life for these reasons. The strength I have today as it keeps growing, through God's protection, hmnn...nothing can break me! No, never again.

Ugh, I have so many times. I'm rock bottom right now. Life just does not seem worth living anymore. I don't even know how I've survived so long. I should've died a long time ago. But despite that, I'm still here. *sighs*

Well I only hit it with good intentions. It was a very hot day on October 6th, 2007. I volunteered to help with a Hazardous Waste collection for school. They had the volunteers wear plastic astronaut looking suits with duct tape wrapped around their ankles and wrists. In the 90 degree weather I stopped in my tracks and told my partner "I think I'm going to faint". I tried to walk back to the resting area, but everything went black and I fell in a chair, asking for help. I couldn't talk, I couldn't see and I thought I was seriously dead. It was limp in a dream like state. After I was helped by very nice people, I asked some man coming out of an office for the phone and he said "why, because you're sweating?" That was my rock bottom and it took two days to get my temperature back to normal.

Hitting rock bottom, is not only "financially". Most people hit it emotionally. It's a terrible thing and we usually think we've been through the worst any human can survive until you hear someone else' story. Though it's easier said than done, i've learned to always be thankful for the other tiny little bits of my life that's still standing or whatever i might have left.

Yes, and I discovered a wonderful thing about myself - I bounce.