Not to Meat

A friend of mine told me how he stopped eating meat. He had for years given free rein to his desires: he smoked, he ate whatever he wanted.
This was in Europe, and a heavily meat-eating culture, in a region where there is even less accommodation made for vegetarians. Where the thought of going without meat is far more freakish than in the English-speaking world of today.

My friend was also addicted to documentaries, and one night he watched one about the treatment of animals during the raising and butchering process. He went to bed that night and woke up in the morning and never ate animals again.

How did you stop eating meat? Tell me.

Here are some ideas:
The Easy Way to Give up Meat: http://lighterfootstep.com/2007/05/the-easy-way-to-give-up-meat/.

A pretty comprehensive list:
49 Good Reasons for being a Vegetarian, http://www.britishmeat.com/49.htm

Refuting one of the most common beliefs, that vegetarianism makes you weak:
Giving up Meat doesn't hurt Princeton's athletes, http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2008/02/27/20262

And a wonderful article by Johnathon Safran Foer about how and why he decided to go
meatless: The Fruits of Family Trees, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/11/magazine/11foer-t.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all

Apologies to everyone who decided years ago to give up flesh-eating...find out how far or how little the debate has advanced since then.