Hello Hive community,
This is an absolute long shot, but I'm in urgent need of support. It's absolutely humiliating to share all this, and it's honestly a last resort. I'm absolutely terrified.
The past year and this current year have been absolutely cruel to me. My mother got breast cancer that metastasised to terminal cancer. As of today, she is in hospice on end-of-life care.
I was working as a kitchen porter on minimum wage, with around 40% of my paycheck going to supporting her and the rest helping my dad (who is now on a single income) run the house.
Two months ago, my dad noticed a lump under his ear and a mole-looking growth on his cheek. He went for tests and a biopsy, which revealed he has melanoma — the most aggressive and deadly form of skin cancer. I'm still not sure how the situation is looking, but it's not great as he has left it too long.
Around the same time, I lost my job as a kitchen porter — a job I loved to hate. I paid the bills, I had a great team, but it didn't work out.
I fell into alcohol addiction to cope. Every single night I would clear a bottle of vodka just to numb myself. Desperate, I got into meme coins and lost a lot of money.
The bills kept coming, the addiction got worse, and my parents are now relying on me to be the breadwinner. I've had to use my credit card to support the family.
I've been actively looking for jobs, but the job market is awful right now and I've been rejected every single time.
I'm at the point where by the time I get some money next month, it will all be spent on my credit card to clear the debt, and the cycle will just continue. I'm currently around £600 in debt. It may not seem like a lot to some, but for someone who lost their job with two parents relying on them, it's catastrophic. As I write this, my fridge is empty and I've skipped breakfast.
I used to be a veteran Steemit user and I know how this community can pull together and help one another.
For the first and hopefully last time, I'm asking for help.
If you have any spare USDT, SOL, or anything else, I would be entirely grateful. Of course this is crypto, and you can see my wallet address. Not a penny of your support will go on memecoins or anything useless — I will use all the money donated to pay off this debt and support my parents.
Thank you for reading.
Wallets:
SOL: w5ZZCjZSyKDYkbdTCZo7hMAaFqjeKvt3ntd7pgZdudL
BTC: bc1qd88ra76rgsmuanfq9cmj9funzemu9h0h3tpp0m
ETH: 0x4eA537c47688AE7E2c2B3Ab2ae772A6b907D2737
Ofcourse, feel free to donate via Hive <3
-DARKO
