I got laid off and now unsecured debt is sucking up all of my savings

My families life has spiraled pretty much out of control all due to bad money issues.  For me it began after I lost my job this was something that I completely did not expect to happen and well of course it did.  Needless to say losing a job isn’t good for anyone but I have not yet picked myself up and located another job yet.  This immediately made me realize just how far gone another financial problem I had is.  This problem is credit card debt.  My debt bills are very big and without money coming in I cannot pay them and will obviously begin to fall into delinquency on the monthly payments.

I have been looking for a debt solution that will help me out while I am still trying to find new employment.  Most financial analysts have been claiming that credit card debt settlement is a sensible process that will be for someone in my kind of predicament.  The goal of this process is for the client to save funds and reach debt freedom very fast.  This seems exactly like what I may be doing. 

It seems as if a debt settlement program is actuality the only sensible road for us because a a bankruptcy proceeding would involve me selling my house and a credit counseling program is something I can’t pay for.  I have discussed this plan with my spouse and he thinks that debt settlement would be a good idea for us too.  When we get rid of credit card debt then we need to work on becoming a lot more responsible with our money and never get sucked in this horrible trap again in our lives.