You also need mental health help. You do know that, right? The criminal justice system can't give you that. I'm sure you realize consciously that there's nothing in Walmart worth ruining your life over. In my state, the third petit theft can be, and often is, charged as a felony. Then you lose many of your civil rights as well as expose yourself to jail time. But psychologically, you still have this compulsion knowing the consequences. A lawyer can't help with that, Do what ever you have to do to get help with this. It is ruining your life just as surely as drinking destroys the lives of alcoholics.

