Anyone who has $1000/month minimum CC payments each month has some serious lifestyle issues to work out before getting out of debt is anything more than a pipedream. I have seen many friends and family go through this same thing, and to put it quite bluntly, I doubt you have the capacity to beat the level of denial you are in to recognize your REAL problem. About 96% of my friends and family in the same situation didnt either, so dont feel too offended by my bluntness. It is my humble opinion that you probably need some sort of mental health counseling before you can even make so much as a feeble attempt to solve your problems, as you seem to want to alleviate only the symptoms (your high bills and the crimp it has put in your lifestyle) rather than deal with the cause of those symptoms.
Sorry if this sounds harsh. I really am. But it seems to me like you have some very basic issues that need to be dealt with that arent about money, they are about you...JFK
I have been there. The problem was, once I realized I was being stupid, the debt already existed.
I was resourceful enough to find a much better paying job and pay things off-while not falling back into my old ways.