Charitable Addict

I was always short on money.. and I would come up with many ideas to stay high..
This meant stealing, and being manipulative..

I've exhausted most of my resources by this point.. I remember I woke up one morning and only had one 8 left.
At this point I needed at least 2 just so I wouldn't be sick.
I remember I went to my parents freezer, and took some expensive meats, and traded them to Marcus for 2 24mg capsules.

I came home and snorted the 8mg pill and a 24mg capsule... I was feeling pretty high.. and decided to go on the computer.. I can't remember what site I went on, but it was asking for donations..
This gave me an idea... People always donate money, and they never ask questions.. it seemed too easy.

I contacted a charity in halifax, and told them I'd be canvasing for them. I made my own donation sheets, receipts and made them look professional.. I copied their logo and everything when I made the sheets on my parents good printer.

Now, growing up.. I used to be in cadets, and did a lot of charity work for UNICEF, the heart and stroke foundation, cancer research and the I.W.K,
So, when I went door to door, people didn't really think it was a scam.

I dressed up as nice as I could, and even had a tie on. I got a folder, and made a sealed can. I also had a deposit bag, and a ledger to make receipts.
I wrote what I was going to say down..
"Hello sir/mam. My name is Neil Calder.. I'm canvasing on behalf of __________ and we could really use your support.. did you know that 75% of your donation goes towards.... "

I practiced this in the mirror over and over... once I had it down pact, I headed out to my neighborhood..
I remember I didn't even make it around the block, and I made $50.00.
I went right to Marcus's once I had enough for a 30mg pills... went home, snorted it... and went back out.

That first day, I made over 250 dollars..
I bought a stamp, and mailed the charity 50 dollars..
When I intoduced myself.. I really should have said " Do you know that 80% of your donation goes to me? and my drug habit? Thanks for your continued support!"

Thinking back on this, I feel a lot of guilt.. at the time, I sent a small precentage to the chairty to ease my mind about what I was doing.
I thought I was on to something.

I skipped so much school to get high... I used to make great marks.. but school really didn't seem important to me. I would use my intelagance to fund my drug habit, and come up with sneaky ways to obtain drugs.
If I had of put half of my effort into studying and school, I would probably be in university right now.

I regret every bad thing I did.. and I still have amends to make.. that's why I'm using my free time to give back to this world. I took and took for so many years, that it's time for me to make up for what I did.

Now, I would love to tell you I got caught right away and got in trouble for my actions.. but the truth it I didn't for a while. I did this quite a few times..

Sorry to cut this short, but I'm applying for jobs and working on my resume.

I'll write another one later today. Thanks for reading guys!