Do you know what it is like to be on the brink of poverty?

I am twenty years old, I recently worked to save up enough money to move into my first apartment, and was successful. I am also enrolled in college. Unfortunately since I moved in without any sort of credit I was treated as if I had bad credit. From the gas company to the electric company I was charged fees for basically starting to have credit. As a result my money was drained. To make matters worse I ended up losing my job. I don't have any food in my fridge except for some slices of bread, and some water. I filed for unemployment. As I continue to look for a job I keep running into snobbish employers who always seem to dish out their recited line "We're not hiring right now". I feel like I am on the brink of poverty,because I continue having to reach out to my family for rent and I am hungry. I am afraid if I end up in poverty I may end up doing something that I don't want to do, and may end up regretting for life. What more can I do to avoid sinking into the world of poverty.