looking to debt relief..

[corgee]

I have somewhat of a mess on my hands. Just as I'm sure everyone here has heard a million stories of people getting into debt trouble, I have done the same. Same song and dance, I blew it on a bunch of credit cards. Now I have been told to seek debt relief and it is embarrassing. I never thought I'd have to go through this. It seemed like it just happened to people on tv but look at me now. I have over $25,000 of debt and can't keep up with payments.

Is debt relief a good way to go or are there less embarrassing routes to take?