I’m kleptomaniac and can’t stop
I keep stealing things. I got caught a week ago, and now my dad wants me to attend the local anonymous meetings for teenagers to deal with my addiction. I went there last Sunday, and there was a girl from my school, a senior. I ran away before she saw me…
I’m scared!! My dad found out, and he said he’ll see to it that I stay next time. When that girl sees me, she’ll tell the whole school. I'll be a laughingstock. I don’t know what to do. Can I ask dad to go to a school counselor instead or something? Just not the group meeting. I can’t talk about it in front of other people much older than myself.
I want to stop stealing, and I don’t want to make my dad angry. I didn’t even steal anything expensive. It was a stupid bracelet, not golden. Celebrities like Lindsay Lohan do it and no big deal. I know it’s not right and I don’t want to go to jail – what my dad always says. I’ll never steal from shops again, and it’s the last time I stole from someone I knew. I apologized when I gave that bracelet back to our neighbor.
How do I convince my dad not to send me to that meeting again?
