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Early Warning Signs Are:
You start to make mortgage repayments, or pay daily living expenses, with your credit card
You are on your second mobile-phone provider
You have three credit cards and have applied for a fourth
Your pay goes to debt repayments and there's nothing left for food
You keep receiving late payment or reminder notices
You dont want to check the mail for fear of finding another bill
None of your family or friends will lend you any more money
You are still paying off your credit card spending from last Christmas
Worse, you are still paying off the holiday you had two years ago
A sheriff came to the door and served you with some legal document
You now catching the bus because you can't afford petrol for the car