Little Things

I love the thrill of stealing.

Today I was at the store and stole some stuff, and the feeling I have coming out is so amazing. I don't really care what it is that I steal, it can be near worthless or whatever. It just feels good. It feels like the world isn't insane anymore.

My favorite way to steal is to put on my stealing jacket (the one with the nice generous sleeves on it), stick some ear-phones in my ear and turn on my iPod. Then I have at it.

I never steal anything bigger than what will fit in my pocket, but I always feel like I've accomplished something important when I've done it. When I do it and leave the store I am filled with hope for the future (if that sounds odd.)

Do you see this as a problem or are you just saying that you steal? I had a genuine shoplifting addiction recently, and I reckon that i stole close to 500 Euro worth of food over the space of around 8 months. It was tied-up with my bulimia too, and my OCD I guess. It all stopped one day when I actually got caught. It was terribly shameful and I started cring when they hauled my ass into the back room to show me the CCTV of me swiping the goods. They said I was banned from the store for a year. Each time i see a policeman or security-guard now, I feel as if he/she is out to get me.

No. I never did get caught. Like I say, I've only stolen things that are small and therefore not any chance to get caught. The most "dangerous" stuff I ever stole was a wool hat and ski gloves from a sporting store. I'm not sure if it's a problem or not. But I like the feeling I have when I leave the store. I don't feel so empty or hopeless inside. It's weird. It feels like the universe cares for me again and there's a reason to keep living.

Wow! So you got embarrassed badly! That sucks... Did they at least let you have a copy of the tape? As a souvenir?

Are there not cameras in the places you steal from? There were cameras everywhere in the places I stole from, but there were ways I learned about how to make it difficult for even a camera looking straight at you to pick up that yiou're stealing. It's too long too explain though. they didn't give me a copy of the tape, but I would have refused it. Apparently, they should have called the police too because I had stolen more than 3 items on that one occasion they caught me. If they had called them, I would have had that black mark on my record for the rest of my life.

THink about that dude... ...on many job apps., they ask you to list any previous convictions. How would you like to explain a shoplifting conviction to someone? Just stop what you're doing... ...and be proud that you have the power/strength to know when to stop.

Kevin

Shoplifting addiction can be overcome with just using ethics and morals. I cannot believe there are therapists, counselers who priscribe dangerous legal drugs to people and tell 'em to go home and don't think the "wrong thoughts".

That's an issue I have recognised too, jaybaines30, and I think that too many GPs/doctors adopt this approach. People think that doctors know everything and are competent, but I'm seeing that incompetence is a feature of every profession on Earth (or at least the ones that I have seen).

Kevin

jaybaines30 wrote:Shoplifting addiction can be overcome with just using ethics and morals. I cannot believe there are therapists, counselers who priscribe dangerous legal drugs to people and tell 'em to go home and don't think the "wrong thoughts".

If I had ethics and morals I don't think I'd do half the things I do anyway.

My urge to steal is just another thing I tend to do.
It doesn't bug me. I've only been busted once in eight years.
And they dropped charges since no camera caught me and they didn't see me themselves.
Funny story. I stole from one store and another store THOUGHT I was stealing from them.
I wasn't, but they found the other stuff.
My sisters did the same thing.
It must be a family trait. Lol.

I know exactly what you mean, BlackStar, about the way you feel when you have stolen something. I never steal anything big, nothing that, in case I did get caught, would result (hopefully) in the Police being called. Mostly just magazines, and bits of food from Supermarkets. However, I have to be careful as I become sort of addicted to things easily and the problem gets worst. Last week I was in a clothing store, tried on a pair of shoes and walked out in them. For my entire life I have always been against stealing as I have strong morals about what is wrong. But all my morals and ethics flew out of the window when, recently, my mother was diagnosed with cancer and died two months later. Due to stress and anxiety my mind was everywhere and I often just stole things from shops by mistake, as I would just wander out of the shop without realising.
I know how difficult it is to stop something that you get such a thrill out of; for me it's sort of like having this power. But you must recognise this as something wrong and dangerous. When you are actually in a shop or a place you could perhaps steal, just try to weigh out the risk, at the end of the day there is always a high chance of getting caught and that would do much more damage to you then the thrill of theft would do you good. Hope this helps!

jaybaines30 wrote:Shoplifting addiction can be overcome with just using ethics and morals. I cannot believe there are therapists, counselers who priscribe dangerous legal drugs to people and tell 'em to go home and don't think the "wrong thoughts".

I'm gonna have to say I disagree with you here. I have ethics and morals but using them to stop an addiction just isn't working for me. I know it's wrong, I already have it on my record so I will have to explain it for the rest of my life and I know that if I get caught again it will ruin my career that I have just studied for 2 years for. I thought it was crazy that I could be addicted to something like shoplifting, especially because it is an action and not a substance. But it works the same way. If you tell an alcoholic that they are going to die they don't always get dry.