I guess I just wasted my life and a promising career. After my family broke apart, I recovered over the years, staying with my father and, after some time, with a kind foster family. Life turned around and it became great again. I had a family, a good perspective and very nice education. Then I fell apart. It all started with me not getting a grip on my personal finance, so I found myself stranded in Atlanta, GA. I made my way back to Germany and got a job in Asia with a comfortable salary. That salary gave me the illusion that I could afford almost anything and I not only bought a lot of stuff that I realized I never needed, but it also made me finance a friend who turned out to be nothing but a cheat. She has left me and took a great deal of money with her, leaving no evidence but my memories of this cheating. But I recovered. At least I thought I did. I was naive and bought a car, rented an apartment and led a quiet life. Friends were my anchor, just like my father was. He passed away in December and I wasted everything since then. I started drinking, which I quit now, but some people out there might imagine the vicious circle it drags you into. Now I sit here with debts that are through the roof and when I tried to buy some groceries today, my card was rejected. I don't know what to do. I would love so much to get my life back on track. I know I can do it, but I need a little push. Unfortunately, the one single person who keeps my in line and who is the kindest person I have ever met, cannot support me and she shouldn't, as she needs to focus on her ambitions and her dreams first. I don't want to slow her down, so I don't even ask her - also, because I know she simply couldn't. So, this is my life, spread out in front of you. Now it's up to you. My arms are outstretched and I can only wait for a warm breeze to lift me up instead of the cold, biting wind in my face beating me down.

Good day to you all! The reason to why i am writing is the urgent need to raise some money in order to open my own motorcycle custom parts workshop. I have been working sisce i was 15 to make the money but the fact is that i still need 6000 dollars to open it. I am no asking you to give me all this money because it's a serious sum but any help is welcomed. Who knows maybe one day you will come to me to customize your bike. Thank you and I hope you will read this through the eyes of a motorcycle fan

Hello... First...I would like to say thank you to anyone who is willing to help! My name is Chrissy and I am in need of someone's help. About 2 months ago, everyone including myself was laid off from a daycare I worked with for years. I guess my job lost the business due to the economy not fully being back on track. I live by myself and right now I really feel like i am by myself. I have been looking for jobs daily, and sadly no one is hiring at this moment. I have two bills that need to paid and I dont have any money. My rent is $1135 and my hospital bill is $500. The last payment I could make was in the end of July. Every night I would pray and ask for a job opportunity and still I haven't found one yet to pay my bills. I would never lose faith due to my circumstances. I have tried selling some things of mine but I have ran out of things to sell to make ends meet. Please someone.... any donation will help.

I was hospitalized for 2 months and as a farmer many of my crop was destroyed because nobody look after it and the land i used for farming i lease for 3 years. During my time in the hospital, my loving wife had to borrow from loan-shark to pay my hospital bills and our children need. I didn't know this. I thought she had been borrowing money from her relatives. She borrowed $800 and now the loan has accumulated to $1400. I have try to beg to the loan-shark for extensions but they seem heartless and demanded it be paid within 20 days from now and now i left 18 days before the deadline. I have sold my only motorbike for $300 and few other things. I have succeeded to collect around 500 now. i need to find another $900 to pay the loan-shark. I know terrible thing could happen to my wife and me. I really love my family. Please help me and my family. I like to thanks Joe the NZ tourist who wrote this for me in English and also to ebeggars.com

I've been in the Navy for 6 years and served 3 back to back deployments. My fiance is very ill and most of our money goes into paying medical bills. We want to get married in a wonderful memorable way but if we get the wedding we want, we will not be able to afford to eat, even with my benefits. The military will not recognize our union (we are gay) so we will not get the benefits that straight married couples do. We will still be scraping away to pay for her medical bills and have a roof over our head. I want to give my fiance the dream wedding she has always wanted but never thought she would have. Some background, she cannot work, but she volunteers working with kids and helping animals. She's my hero, and I just want to give her the best I can. This wedding would be the ultimate gift to her spirit. Thank you.