I didn’t have enough money to pay it off and keep it paid off. That probably wasn’t clear. I’d get paid and have to choose between paying off the debt and pay

I didn’t have enough money to pay it off and keep it paid off. That probably wasn’t clear. I’d get paid and have to choose between paying off the debt and paying rent. The reason I would take the account to zero and then overdraw again was that the account would be closed if overdrawn for longer than 30 days.