How coupons change your life?

About a wek ago while navigating the furgality blogs I found a interesting topic of the day
How coupons change your life?

Here one of the most realistic cases I have read :
Amber, who said,"Coupons changed my life before I ever started using them! Last year my husband had a "mid life crisis" (at 28). I suddenly found myself a single mom to three kids. As if that were not hard enough, my youngest is medically fragile. She has had 15 surgeries in two years, and has spent a years worth of days in the hospital. We owe more in medical debt than the value of our home and the light of day seems FAR away sometimes.I was in complete shock and was in a panic about how I was to provide for these kids, keep them in a house, with a job (photographer) that is NOT steady income. And then a friend of mine showed up on my doorstep with a near laundry basket sized LOAD of cleaning supplies, HBA, food etc. I tried to pay her for it and she simply said... WHY? I got most of it for FREE. I thought for sure that she was trying to make me FEEL better but I would later learn that she was serious.I can remember coming home from my daughter's first open heart surgery. Our bank account was overdrawn, our credit cards were maxed out and we had a few spoiled items in the fridge. We had NOTHING to feed our kids. I remember how I felt like a complete failure.I have only been seriously stockpiling for 2-3 months now but in that time we have been able to keep our food budget to $50/week. We are gradually chipping away at the debt and hope to soon be selling our stockpile (in pieces) to pay off Kyleigh's medical bills. Moreover my kids will NEVER BE HUNGRY AGAIN. No matter how long we are hospitalized now I know I can come home to a fully stocked freezer with meats and cheeses, cereal (brand name at that!), rice and pastas in the perishables pantry... and I know that I can provide for them, even if I had bought NOTHING else... for at least a month.I am SO thankful for coupons. My husband is home now (thanks to some amazing prayer warriors) and we enjoying date night - COUPONING together. Coupons have inspired me, lifted my spirits, provided for my family, and have helped my husband and I bond again.Whether or not I win... It doesn't really matter. Thank you for allowing us to share our stories!!! Coupons are so much more to me than a few bucks saved!"

link from KrazyKouponLady.