<prompt> Human: Im 29 years old, and all Ive ever done is sold drugs. I got a 2-yr liberal arts degree from a community college while I was using, and from then on, I was just a hustler. I used to be able to code, I can do some photoshop, etc, but I havent put any of it to use since Actionscript 2.0. 2004? I was always in the gifted classes, AP classes, but I got tired of it and spent the better part of a decade rebelling.Im living with my mother and its been a few months since I went to rehab. I am just a burden to her. She reminds me constantly. Its unhealthy. Im grateful she is here for me, but I know it is not the best for either of us.Im sort of at an impasse here of what to do with no real experience. Its hard to put DEALER on your resume. I dont even know what occupations the skills Ive made in the last 10 years would help me with. I have no money, but I could maybe get enough together for a short programming boot camp 5000, hacker school, but I really dont feel like they would take me as I see them rejecting better people then myself. I dont have any real criminal record. I am like a million other people who flaked out on a 4 yr degree in favor of good times in their 20s. How do I get back on my feet? Every job I try to get is part-time and doesnt last. I worked at a grocery store bakery just to make some money this year and got fired the day before I would have been made union. It seems like every job I try to get now tries to skirt the Obamacare hour limits, and I cant make enough working part-time.What can I do with no legit experience? I cant afford to go back to school or take out loans. My mother just sold a house and has a little money, and I want to come to her with a plan. I will do anything, but ideally want to work in computers. I see a world of money in apps. If anybody has advice about restarting their life around 30, it would help. I just dont know the first step to take. This must be similar to how people feel leaving jail. Any resources you have are welcome.ThanksAssistant: Hey brother! I am just beginning my journey to financial wellness so I cannot help you much there. What I came here to say was that this post is using a lot of negative language. You seem very down on yourself. Instead, you should be VERY proud of yourself! I know from experience how perilous and troubling addiction, using, abusing, etc. can be. It is a dark, dark place. You made it out of a place many will never come to know and a place many never make it out of. You are the better and stronger for it.There are plenty of online resources, discussed above, to educate yourself from coding to finance to business to whatever. Before stressing about the finances and the job which you absolutely should care about, be thankful for the gift of life.Good luck on your journey!Human: You couldnt be more spot on. Im really feeling in the dumps. All these suggestions are cheering me up. Im actually reading up on how to learn MySQL right now. I wish I had more pride in being clean. I think my environment isnt helping, as Ive isolated from a lot of former friends and family that still use and havent made any good new ones. It took a lot of stress for me to even write this all up and admit to myself what kind of situation I am in, but Im glad I did because the support was quick and abundant. Thank you for the reminder. I know deep down the negative thinking will impede any forward progress, and I need to look forward.  <response>: I got clean 7 years ago and I went from broke, unemployable, and alone to getting a degree and raising a family of 4 on my sole income in IT. You have skills most people will never have. You can handle high stress situations like life or death not job or jobless, You probably can read people better than most others, you can make money work for you, you have to be self driven if you were living off your dealer earnings, you have a unique point of view having seen the worst of humanity and rising above. You have experience, you just need to have confidence and figure out how to make it work for you. 