Who is that guy? What was that stuff he been smokin'?
Illinois is given as the location. You should have filed for unemployment, OP. Back when the termination first happened. Because though unjust firing, where the company doesn't follow the handbook may not get you into the lawsuit lottery (it won't, in almost any case, unless there is an EEOC violation) it may very well get you approved for unemployment insurance.
What you needed to have is enough wages paid in for you from covered employment in the last eighteen months to set up a claim. It has now been about two quarters longer since you had any wages reported, but if you had been working steadily for a while before that, you may still be able to pull in enough wages to have a claim.
Then they will go into the reason you left your job. When a company discharges you, they must prove to the unemployment office that they had a good misconduct reason. If you had really had no prior warnings or write ups for calling in, and you followed the procedures recommended by the handbook to the best of your ability, there's a fair chance this won't be seen as misconduct.
If you start moaning about how poor you are, or how you've lost everything, or how bad you need this or how bad you have been treated, you will weaken your case for unemployment assistance which is based strictly on unemployment law applied by the department.
Unemployment insurance is designed to support you while you are looking for that other job. There's no inherent virtue in not signing up for it, it is not welfare, does not come from any taxpayers but the employers who must pay it anyway. Keep the heck away from "internet jobs" and work at home schemes, as these are usually scams.
