Hi guys,
First off apologies if this is the wrong forum for an "introduction" type post, please move it to the correct forum if this is the case.
Well anyway, I'll start with a little info on myself. I'm 20 years old, I've eaten meat my entire life. Around 15 I developed an anxiety disorder and barely attended school from then on. I had a lot of free time on my hands and decided to use the internet a whole lot more then I had been... Not just for games or speaking to friends, for research on a wider variety of subjects then what I learnt from school. I decided to question everything I knew. My life changed quite a lot. I started to read about a lot of the abuse animals endure for slaughter. I really started to question what makes mankind so great that we can play god over Earth's creatures. The arguments for this, (certainly from what I've heard) just seem rather primitive and barbaric to me. I don't want to eat meat.
I'm a little ashamed to say that when I decided to try going vegan, I lasted only 2 weeks. My entire family didn't really support me and wouldn't help me maintain a the new lifestyle. But the blame was certainly myself, being a mixture of lazy, naive and selfish I decided to give it all up. Well I'm 20 now and it's really bugging me. I want to really make the effort this time. For the past few weeks I've thought about this, tonight I sat through 'Glass Walls'. It's brought back what I've been trying to oppress for all this time. I'll use my own money to buy food I can eat without feeling awful.
From today I really don't want to eat meat, "I'll start tomorrow" simply doesn't work. I'll have a bigger read of these forums but I may add reply to this topic with questions I hope people don't mind answering. Hopefully I can get some moral support here too, because I won't get much away from the computer.
One of the points which bugs me a little, is the fact I may not be able to respect non vegans/vegetarians if I do go through with this. I already feel a little annoyed with people happily eating meat already which is massive hypocrisy on my behalf! My biggest concerns are maintaining good nutritional lifestyle and maintaining some willpower. My only reason for doing this is moral. I must admit I'm a little ignorant of veganism so I hope I don't come across to everyone too badly!
I have no idea where to begin if I'm honest.
Many thanks,
Chris.
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