Hi all. I'm very new at vegetarianism and outraged by how blind I have been until this awakening. I have eaten meat(exluding chickens) my entire life up until something inside me made me find out what I was actually contributing to. I guess I just feel extreme sadness for all of the innocent animals that I helped to die for my food. I hate to admit to takikng part in the old "out of sight, out of mind", but that's what people say. They don't want to know. I needed to know and now I feel horrible. I can't even believe the amount of pain and suffering for a 99 cent chicken nugget. I guess I am just having a hard time living with the 20 years of meat eating. Every steak and bacon image that I have ever eaten is flashing in my head, the guilt is overwhelming. It would help to know that I am not alone and that this will some day pass. I need to pull from within and rise above my sadness and remorse. Thanks for taking the time, ~M
