A Vegan journey

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I seem to be de-lurking.....ewwww...

 

I just wanted to describe my journey from being a carnivore to a

Vegan, complete with relapses and recoveries.

 

In October and November I was in the hospital for three weeks. I am

much better now. But a funny thing happened after I got out of the

hospital. I craved meat, and lots of it. This was strange because

eating meat makes me very uncomfortable in my digestive track. Thank

GOD I do not like eggs and milk products make me sick. However, I

gave in to the cravings and inhaled meat almost every day.

 

Know what this taught me? It is not enough to be a Vegan simply

based on health reasons. If I had also firmly believed in the

correctness of not slaughtering animals, I probably would have been

able to weather this storm. Let me just say that I have resolved to

do better - my pantry had been cleared of meat products and I am

ready to go. AND..Vegan Essentials makes a WICKED beef jerky that I

can chew when I get a craving for beef.

 

Why Have I written this? Because I think that my realization might

help others in their journey toward being a Vegan.

 

And I want to thank all of you for being so supportive toward Vegan

rookies like me. I realize there have been hard feelings on this

list the last few weeks, so I wanted to contribute something positive

here. My feelings are from my heart.

 

And..I am a 52 year old female schoolteacher. I teach emotionally

disturbed high school students. I live in Maryland even though I am a

native Californian. There are not many of us left.

 

<re-lurking>

 

Cynthia