“Credit card advertisers seemed to write ads just for me(they are so thoughtful that way). They also wrote the most wonderfully manipulative telephone scripts (how could we resist turning over the kids’ diaper money!)“Creditors knew where all my buttons were, and they trained their people to push those buttons extremely well, using the dark art of intimidation. But they knew they had nothing else to hold me to, other than damaging my credit report, because the loan was unsecured. That’s why they acted so ‘bizarro’!“Then I discovered pawn shops, but after a while the money to claim the thing I had pawned was too much for me to afford. I had nothing of value left to pawn. Then I’d overwork compulsively, calling it ‘creativity’, but still not earning enough to live on.
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First publication by the Debtors Anonymous 12 Step Fellowship. It describes the basics of the D.A. recovery program and includes 38 success stories of D.A. members. It offers experience, strength, and hope to help other compulsive debtors and all those who want to stop incurring unsecured debt, such as credit cards, unsecured loans, personal loans, unpaid taxes, and more.
OUT OF THE RED
• Do this month’s bills pile up before you’ve paid last month’s?
• Do you regularly receive past-due notices?
• Do you get letters threatening legal action if immediate payment is not made?
• Do the total amounts of your revolving charge accounts keep rising?
INTO THE BLACK
Whether you are currently in debt or fear you’re falling into debt, you are not alone. Sixty million Americans—from doctors to secretaries, from executives to the unemployed—face the same problem and live under the same daily stress. Based on the proven techniques of the national Debtors Anonymous program, here is the first complete, step-by-step guide to getting out of debt once and for all. You’ll learn
• how to recognize the warning signs of serious debt
• how to negotiate with angry creditors, collection agencies, and the IRS
• how to design a realistic and painless payback schedule
• how to identify your spending blind spots
• how to cope with the anxiety and daily pressures of owing money
• plus the three cardinal rules for staying out of debt forever, and much more!
This book is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Debtors Anonymous. A recovered debtor, the author is intimately familiar with the success of the Debtors Anonymous program.
The The Total Money Makeover: Classic Edition: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness
- Design a sure-fire plan for paying off all debt—meaning cars, houses, everything
- Recognize the 10 most dangerous money myths (these will kill you)
- Secure a big, fat nest egg for emergencies and retirement!
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