Starting Problems

[sc400InTraining]

yo whats goin on people,

ok so im driving down the street and all of a sudden my car just stops running( engine light has been on for a month before all this went down) ,however the radio and lights stay on and everything. At first i thought it was the lack of anti-freeze so i put some in and it starts up, COOL!!. The next day im driving down the street again same thing happened again and i do the same thing this time it dosent start, NOOO!!, however it does crank (just wont stay started) so i wait a while then crank 3 more times and got the idea to push on the gas as soon as it cranks, BOOYAAA!!, it worked. Ok so i have been having this problem for days now but no money for a mechanic to diagnose. Anyone have any ideas

P.S.

Everytime the car cuts off it only happens if i come to a stop but only happens once in a driving session (3-12 mile drives)