I made my money the way a girl strung-out on crack would on the streets, and made enough that I should be set for life right now, and I'll leave it at that.
Today, I make an honest and legal living (I've been at this job 2 years, the longest I've EVER been able to hold down a job) and I barely skate by. Today I make a living that I can live with, so I'm totally ok with just barely making it, because I'm doing it right and I'm doing it on my own for the first time ever.