I wanted to say a huge heartfelt Thank You to the community just for being here and sharing your wisdom!!
I live in CA and was drowning in debt from PDL's which, as we all know, were initially taken in good faith with every intention of being paid back. Needless to say, it didn't quite go down like that. I had initially taken two loans out, and paid one back in full and was making progress on the second and then, well, ended up with 8 different loans in the end and paying almost $1300 a month.