<prompt> Human: Ill start off saying that I currently have a pretty well paying job. After taxes, I get 1900 every two weeks. Before my current job i was unemployed and not eligible for unemployment for 1 year. I blew through my savings, my line of credit, and destroyed my credit score. When I finally and thankfully got my job I was at the end of the line. I had maxed out my credit cards, borrowed thousands of dollars from friends, sold mostly all of my valuables and had nowhere else to turn. Ive since repaid my friends and started making credit card payments roughly 400 a month. But Im stuck. At the start of each month my bank account is overdrawn by 1000. I get my 1950 paycheck, leaving me with 950. I immediately owe rent, which is 1236 very low for Los Angeles. Since Im overdrafting to pay rent, I make sure to take out a very little bit of cash and buy some trader joes gift cards for myself before giving the rent, so that my pup and I dont starve to death and I have gas money to get to work. About 350 in all. That now leaves me overdrawn by 668 if you include overdraft fee. I live on the 350 for 2 weeks for food, gas, entertainment, whatever emergencies come up and they always do. For example, I just had to get an ultrasound on my liver, which cost 160, so I had about 60 for gas and 130 for food and everything else for 14 days. Somehow in there my bank manages to charge me an extra overdraft fee that they always deem justified when I call to complain. On paper, Im usually at around -700 when my second paycheck of the month comes in, but its usually more from extra expenses come up medical, auto, work related, etc. So when I take out before giving rent- If Ive been riding on a flat tire for the previous week Ill take out a little extra to pay for the tire.After the second paycheck Im at 1200. Car paymentinsurance is around 550 I have a lease that i regret, and insurance is expensive in Los Angeles. Credit Card payments are 400. Utilities Usually come out to about 300 with internet included. Then theres the fact that I need to live for the next two weeks, so I take out a little cash before i overdraft. All said and done Im usually back to somewhere between -500 and -1000 at the end of the month depending on what comes up, given that I have to also live my life in the meantime. It got bad recently because Ive gone to three weddings, which included 3 bachelor parties. Luckily they were all local, otherwise I wouldnt have gone, but they all require some sort of money spent. 70 for my share of the house for 4 days of bachelor party. I was a groomsman and had to buy the groomsman outfit for 200. One plus is that Ive recently lost a lot of weigh because Im managing what Im spending on food and eating much better as a result. But Im tired of living paycheck to paycheck, constantly being worried that somethings going to happen that will just completely break me that I wont be able to afford accident, health issues, dog issues, etc. Im also tired of telling people how broke I am when they ask me if I want to hang out and I tell them that I cant.I know that there are bad habits in there, but I dont know how to reasonably fix them while still being able to eat and live my life. Even if I become a reclusive hermit, which isnt my personality type at all and would throw me into a deeper depression, i dont see how I can come out of this anytime soon, especially when Im in the hole within a day or two of getting my paycheck.I should also mention that I was never taught how to budget or manage my personal finances from my parents, or from any educational institution. Im bad at it.Thanks in advance to anybody who can help. P.S. In all I only owe about 5000 to credit cards, otherwise Id look into bankruptcy. The credit cards are all with really high 24-27 interest rates. Even if I make payments for a month or two, I end up maxing them out again when I need gas, or food.  <response>: I just want to be brutal for a split second here. 700month in food, gas, and going out is TOO MUCH. And thats obviously not even what youre actually spending, as other people have pointed out that there is money missing from this equation. Do you have any skills? Can you, for example, take a side job like tutoring? What about AirBnBing out your apartment? Driving for Uber? Delivering pizza? Get on Craigslist and look at gigs or whatever its called now. You need a quick influx of cash. If youve exhausted friends and family, get it by working a catering gig on your day off or something. It will only take a month or so of extra combined with STOPPING SPENDING to get out of this, and then youll never have to do it again. 