I always said I never had a stomach for crime

I don’t mean I’ve committed a bunch of crimes but I remember when me and my friend stole my neighbors bicycle in 9th grade I was worried sick that we would get caught. It wasn’t a rush and it wasn’t fun. And when me and this same guy hopped over this girl friend of ours fence at 3:00 am to rip out her pot plant I remember when we were in her backyard it distinctly sucked while we were back there.
So I always thought I wasn’t a real criminal. You’re supposed to enjoy it.

But then later when we stole all the weights from the gym in our friends gated community clubhouse I felt fine. When I was at the park today I was reminiscing about how we used to steal his brothers car keys while his brother slept and take his car out and drive around. I guess I was risking a beating and he might have even brought the police into it if he would have caught us. I wasn’t that scared though. When I was 15 I had no problem lying to his mom and telling her I had my drivers license so she would lend us her car.

It’s funny but I always hated shoplifting in sixth grade with my other best friend. Always afraid of getting caught. All these were isolated incidents, I didn’t make a habit of stealing but I guess I’m lucky if I don’t have a stomach for crime; it’s a good deterrent.

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When I was a kid, I committed a lot of crimes and I was punished for a few of them

Ending up in Youth Custody with psychosis was not pleasant, and it took a whole month before I got released into a community hospital

I was not criminal material.

At this stage I was at best a mentally ill drug addict

I have not broken the law seriously since I was 16

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Ive been a bit of a naughty boy in the past - and done a few 6 month sentances here and there. I always maintain tho - that had i not been goaded and frankly had the piss taken out of me, i wouldnt have reacted. I wasnt exactly sane either.

Prison was boring more than anything - i spent most days in the library.

Soon as i moved town and got decent accomodation - i settled down away from the aggressors and been law-abiding for nearly 10 years now.

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