Once you have consulted your credit report you will know if it is good or bad. You should have the credit repair done by a professional credit repair company although there is no guarantee that all of the credit will be able to be repaired. Creditors are more likely to negotiate with a professional credit repair company such as My Credit Group rather than to deal with you directly.
There are many credit repair companies and they all primarily work the same way. But the company that is helping you is not doing it alone because you must help by not creating more unwanted debt. You will have to create a realistic budget and stick to it.
To start with credit repair, destroy the credit cards. If you have five or more credit cards they should be paid off, and all but one should be destroyed. The second thing that should be done is to eliminate the things you once considered necessary but are really luxuries, i.e. watch plain television. Eliminate the dish and the cable and you will be surprise at how much money you will save each month. Find something other to entertain the children with instead of the expensive games. Most of all stop impulse buying. If you are a compulsive shopper than take someone with you on a shopping trip to hold on to your credit card. This person can be instrumental in keeping your from buying things that are not necessary.