I got off disability in 1996 (after spending 4 terrible yrs in a halfway house after ECT in 1992) and worked for a law firm with a basic job that paid min. wage then I took a job with USAF in NM as an engineer and I was making $45,000 and bought a nice, cheap, 1300 sq ft house for just $65K and took trips to Europe (to meet a Russian girl I met online) and ran my credit cards up. Before getting off disability in 1996 I ran my credit cards up using brothels for 2 yrs and it was probably the best time in my life, imo. I took risks and I met many beautiful women and don't regret it at all except for my credit card debt. I consolidated my credit card debt and still couldn't keep up with payments and in 2002 I got very sick again, quit my job, filed bankruptcy, moved back to PA and went back on disability 20 yrs ago.