Have you ever stolen anything? If so, what went through your mind when you decided to take a five-finger discount? Was it something you needed? Was it something you coveted? Was peer pressure involved? Perhaps, you stole it because you wanted to see if you could get away with it. Perhaps you wanted to feel a rush!
Stealing is wrong. Stealing is bad. We all pay for the cost of shoplifting. As a person with an addictive personality, and with behavior that includes compulsive theft, I understand virtually every rationale behind theft behavior.
As a counselor for both in class and online Impulse Control Class, I also am extremely motivated to keep my students from returning to the behavior that landed them in hot water in the first place.
A main reason why people steal is impulse. The first time I stole it was a friend who had dared me weeks earlier, who was watching me at the time, and was impressed by my successful theft of a pack of Wrigley's Juicy Fruit.
One of the best things to get from a stop theft class is the psychological understanding of impulse as it relates to theft. Control the impulse. Understand the consequences. Make the right choice. Take an online theft class.
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