How to bounce back after hitting rock bottom

So you've hit "Rock Bottom"...? You've reached a point where you feel that nothing and no-one can dig you out of the perceived hell you find yourself in and you are imagining, or even worse, planning an exit strategy? I get you! I was there as well a few years back. If there's one person who understands, it's me. The thing is, nobody ever tells you how to deal with extreme failure in life.  I had no idea what to do, where to go, or who to talk to. My family didn’t even know that I needed help. All I knew was that nobody was coming to my rescue. Nobody could pull me out of this predicament. I had to do it myself. It wasn’t until I narrowly escaped death that I started to wake up from the fog and realized that I had to take back my life.  How did I do it? By going through the following five steps...