Story about my debts that I plunged into

As a young soldier I had a lot of money coming in and few bills to pay. That quickly changed as I "grew up," bought my first house, and a new car. After about living in the house for a year I had to move, as I had finished my military career, and had taken a large paycut in the process. I had to take out some loans and get a couple of credit cards to help "fix-up" the house to help it appreciate for a little more, plus help with moving expenses. When I arrived in WA the jobs were few, and the house did not sell, so deeper into debt I plunged, trying to cover my expensise here and there. Finally I landed a great paying job and worked hard (60-70hrs/wk) and started to get back on my feet, but all of a sudden without warning I was let go from the position as a credentialing issue had come up, that there was no way around. I took the largest pay cut to date and no find myself making just barelly enough to cover my bills/debt and nothing else.