<prompt> Human: Hey guys, Im not going to put much backstory besides my father has been an alcoholic my entire life and finally decided to quit his six figure job with less than 24 hours of thought. The company he worked for is currently withholding his last paycheck, as canceling his contract in this way results in a 5k fine. This has led to them already having a negative amount in their checking account. My parents dont have an emergency fund, something I constantly told them to work on, and only have roughly 20k in stocks that can be liquidated. My mother works making around 40k, but cant even pay the minimum of the bills coming up. My dad is convinced he can pick up a job at Home Depot or equivalent and try to get a company off the ground. This clearly isnt going to work, but he wont listen to the family about anything. Im really worried about my parents and their immediate future. My father also has half a dozen projects going on around our house, so theres no way they could sell their current house and make any true profit to put towards another living situation. Theyve referenced selling the house super cheap as a fixer upper but they would still owe quite a bit on the house. Im still living at home, not making enough to reasonably contribute towards their financial situation part time, maybe 10k a year. Im pursuing a lead that will hopefully land me into a better job in the immediate future, but this may be a couple months down the line. Until then, Im relying on living at home and making things work. Really just looking for any and all advice to make it through this situation. For myself and my parents.  <response>: this happened to me as a teen. exactly the same thing. we lived in squalor in an unfinished house, he drank away his retirement that he cashed out, all us kids moved out as soon as we could legally and meanwhile just worked part or full time jobs to buy our own groceries and school clothes.the bank tried to take the house a couple times but relatives who felt bad for us kids bailed him out. hes still an alcoholic. my mom will never retire. he eventually got another job the same position, just a different company. sorry about you, try and help out your mom when hes dead if he dies first. 