Okay so you're from the UK. It's incredibly rare anyone being sent down for "hacking", so you could prove your story quite easily by a link to a media article.
How about it?
if you were big between 2009-2011 you must have been here in the BHW - what was your user name then?
You had 12 idle months to ponder about your future. Recall all those positive things you wanted to do when you get out. I think that's enough to get you started again.
$20k a month is not small amount by any means... Respect.
Ive had the highs and lows with IM. Get back to the basics, you'll be fine.
From making $20,000 a month I'm down to making nothing. I feel like a complete failure and feel that I'm never going to succeed like I did before. I just can't seem to get back to the top again.
I need a morale boost. Anyone been in this situation? Been up there, lost the lot, and had to work from the bottom again?
Any advice is much appreciated at the moment. Seriously.
This is what I enjoy reading. To feel that I'm not the only one that's in this boat and others have been here before. I don't have any friends or family that own a business, or work for themselves so inspiration from peers is zero.