How do you live without a safety net?

I've basically hit rock bottom and find that I don't have the support that I need from family. Most of my friends live out of state and I find that motivation is a hard thing to build. How do you live without the safety net that most of us need to have a fulfilling life?How do you live without a safety net?
Andre.The saying goes; when times are hard friends are few. I`m in the same position, the thing is you are the one that you can rely on. even friends can only do so much.. there are only safety nets in the circus. I am stuck in a country with no money to get home,I cant work coz I don`t have a permit.



Do your best,mate they say you can`t go down any more so turn around and go up.as long as you can get a job, any job the rest you can sort out with timeHow do you live without a safety net?
you go to church (seriously). join volunteer groups. Make friends easily that way.
People build such nets where ever they go and you can do the same.It's more of a psychological SUPPORT than a real one but we need it all tre same.
There are safety nets like the Church and the Government. There are all sorts of drop-in centres where you can meet people like yourself and people trained to help them. Maybe your family are without resources themselves and would like help from you, or maybe they are thinking that not helping you is TOUGH LOVE and that it will teach you to rely on yourself more. Try to make new friends and do stuff for them. Not everything costs money...you could babysit or help people shift. There are people worse off than yourself. You could join a volunteer group and just give one hour of your week to wheeling some person around the block in their wheelchair or do their shopping. You would meet professional carers that way too and get some advice from them. Get some selfhelp books from the libary. Good luck.
i agree with rocky j. you know your real friends when you've hit rock bottom. i've been there for friends, and when i was in similar disheartening situations, the favor was not returned. While i could be lenient, my motto is if i would not do it to you, then burn the bridge. i treat others how i want to be treated, and when its not recipricated and write them off.
I am my own safety net, if I have a failing, I just get up and dust myself off and start all over again.