How did I get here ? & How did I get into this condition?  

How can I free myself? 

Regardless of how, Know that you cannot escape necessities, however you can overcome them; thereby By force a Way is made.  

The Way is afforded by philosophy & put yourself under the control of Reason; 

You will learn from it what to undertake & not blunder into it.  

One has not been led to that situation by forethought; 

One has been driven to it by impulse.    

On Allegiance to Virtue  

Seneca, StoicTaoist.