The vegan community became my family and my friends. I had a place where I felt like I belonged and where I was accepted for who I was – a health conscious freak that knew about every vitamin and had a long list of foods prepared to answer the incessant question "where do you get your protein from?"; an environmentalist who would happily play her part in political rallies; and an animal advocate for all of the voiceless. Going vegan made me find my reason.
The animals became my reason for fighting – for them and for me. I had to be strong, for the victims of the deplorable animal agricultural industry. Billions of animals needed me. Trillions of animals need me. I could see their pain and hear their cries. They sounded so familiar – just like me when I was so helpless, lost and terrified.
I am healthier now than I ever was before at a healthy weight when I was consuming unhealthy food without any thought of where it had come from. I'm more confident now than I was before my eating disorder – I'm finally starting to find out where I fit in society and who it is I am. I'm happier now than I was before – knowing that I a more conscious person who thinks before I consume. I think about the impact of my decisions. I know that I am a better person by going vegan, in every aspect.
YOU ARE READING
How Veganism is Helping me to Overcome my Eating Disorder
Non-FictionA short insight into how, by adopting an vegan lifestyle, I was able to avoid a second hospital admission and began to start living my life again!
