I have a Certified Public Accountant license that I worked so hard for, but it's just sitting on my wall at home collecting dust.

I'm currently making a whopping $12.75 an hour.

I could be earning at least DOUBLE if not more if I were to apply for a job at a CPA firm. Assuming that anyone is hiring, I'm not even sure of that.

The biggest problem: tax season. The hours get crazy, and it is very stressful. It's also a bad season of the year for my illness just as it is.

The only tax season I have worked so far (2008) was followed by my very worst mental break I ever had. Spent the entire summer in and out of the psych hospital. Multiple suicide attempts, and a mania.

But we are broke. $75,000 in debt, thanks to me and my manic spending habits, losing my job over my illness, medical bills, and this worthless job I have now.

I worked my ***** off for that CPA and now it's worthless.

We're in a small town, and relocating is not really feasible.

I'm not management material, so using my CPA in a corporation (not a CPA firm) is not really going to work. I'm just not going to be somebody's boss. So why did I get the CPA, I have no idea. Maybe in a bigger city it would be worth something.

What would you do?