19 years old, no driver’s license, $300 a month for bus fare, I barely scrape by. Is it wrong if I occasionally shoplift food?

19 years old, no driver’s license, $300 a month for bus fare, I barely scrape by. Is it wrong if I occasionally shoplift food?<br><br>I’m a student. I can barely afford to eat. I have $50 a month to spend on food, and the rest goes on rent, bus fare, and my student loan. My student loan money does not cover all my expenses. I get $700 a month, but my rent costs $400 a month, my bus fare costs $300, my phone bill costs $70, I have a health insurance premium of $30, and I have to pay $50 for electricity, water, and internet. That leaves me with $50.<br><br>And I have to eat every day. But I barely do. I eat rice and beans sometimes. I have to save up for 2 or 3 weeks to afford to buy eggs or sausages or tuna. Sometimes I can barely afford pasta or ramen noodles. But I have to eat, and the only way I can get food is to buy it from a store. WIC does not offer any help where I live. And neither does any other program. They all want you to have a child in order to get food assistance, but not if you are alone.<br><br>Everything is so expensive. Fruits and vegetables are so expensive, and they go bad so fast. I have to save for weeks to afford to buy a bottle of milk or some cheese. It’s so expensive, and they go bad so fast. I have to throw them away because I can’t afford to eat them fast enough.<br><br>Sometimes I have to go to school hungry. I have to save my money in case I need it for something else. And I’m so tired and so anxious and so stressed out all the time because I don’t have enough money. I go to school hungry sometimes and I have to focus on my classes while my stomach hurts. And it’s so hard to focus on anything when my stomach is growling and I’m lightheaded. It’s so hard to focus on anything when I’m so stressed out and so anxious.<br><br>And it’s so hard to make ends meet. It’s so hard to barely scrape by. It’s so hard to barely have enough money to pay for my expenses. And it’s so hard to not have any money left for food. It’s so hard to not have enough money to eat. And it’s so hard to feel so anxious and so stressed out all the time.<br><br>It’s so hard to live like this. It’s so hard to barely have enough money to barely scrape by. It’s so hard to live in constant fear of being evicted. It’s so hard to live in constant fear of being hungry. It’s so hard to live in constant fear of not being able to eat. And it’s so hard to feel so anxious and so stressed out all the time.<br><br>So, I sometimes steal food. I go to the store late at night, and I take food with me. I hide the food under my jacket or my shirt. And I take the food home. I feel so ashamed every time I do it, but I do not have a choice. It’s the only way I can get food. There is no other choice for me. And it’s the only way I can eat. I have to do it, because I have to eat. I have to do it, because I have to survive.