I am at a point where I am keeping pace slowly, but not getting ahead. I have basically exhausted my passbook savings and the money in the kids savings (stupid move!) and have bills on the horizon that aren't any closer to being paid off. I haven't paid my real estate tax bill yet either.
I have a friend - lets call him John,since thats his real name - ha ha - who did the bankruptcy thing last year, erasing his huge credit card debt. A breath of fresh air for him, and he still was able to purchase a new home with his new wife a number of months ago.