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The trick is to take it one month at a time.
As others have said, you might want to think about taking a second job for evenings/weekends for a while until you get your debt to a more comfortable place.
I would not even consider bankruptcy at this point - not worth it.
Transfer your credit cards onto one low interest card. This will give you only one check to write each month and will probably significantly reduce your interest rate if you shop around for a card that gives you a good deal on balance transfers.
In the US, bankruptcy doesn't wipe out student loans. But you probably have a low interest on that anyway, so just forget about that debt for now and pay off you higher interest debt first. Once your high interest debt is paid off, put all that money towards the debt with the next highest rate.
Talk to your parents and ask them if you could skip a few payments on their loan. Offer some kind of collateral (you may need to be creative if you don't have anything of value, physically - offer to wash their cars every weekend until you start payments back up or something like that) so that they know you are serious about paying it back.
It is slow going at first, but hang in there and remember that you are learning valuable lessons now (when you are young) that will help you out later on in life.
I've recommended it before in other threads, but I highly recommend picking up a copy of the book "You have more than you think" by David and Tom Gardner.
Good luck.
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