Des
Just read your sad response to Lapis and all the more, I agree that you should try EFT. As a way of relieving your money issues, you could quickly learn to become a practitioner yourself and earn money by helping others.
The biggest issue for you though seems to come to the appreciation that somehow you need to learn to be happy with yourself - (lasting) happiness will never come from what is "outside" or around you. I come from a very similar background and speak from experience.