Having debt problems? Here are a few options for reducing your debt.

No matter what type of problem you are facing it helps to get the facts and concentrate on them. Having too much debt is no exception to this rule. It would be a good first step to figure out whom you owe, how much money you owe them and what the monthly payments and interest rates are.

Do you cringe each month when the credit card bill arrives? Are you frightened to look at the details and perhaps even leave the envelope unopened in the hope that somehow by avoiding it the debt will disappear? You are not alone. More than 8.5% of credit card balances are 3 months or more in arrears in the UK alone, and with more credit cards in the UK than people that is one heck of a lot of debt.