It’s been rough. But at my weakest moment, a voice in my head reminded me, “You can’t give in or internet communists will call you a cheesebreather.” I would like to specifically thank @Angel@hexbear.net as well as anyone else who I might have seen throwing it around for keeping me honest.
My friends did pick up breadsticks for me which helped because it’s basically the same kind of slop but without the cruelty.
I’m usually eating on my own where I never struggle with controlling my diet, but those social situations when it’s free and I’m the only vegan in the room can be super challenging. But I know if I’d made an exception I’d feel guilty later and it would make it harder to assert in the future. Now I really need to reward myself and splurge on like the best vegan pizza I can find.
Pic of cow as a rememinder of what it’s all about 
Never had to exert serious effort into not eating gore, no
Do you have to consciously remind yourself not to eat that day and a half old opossum corpse on the side of the road? Do you constantly catch yourself salivating at the thought of stabbing your grandma and carving up her thighs for your next meal? None of that occurs to me at any point in my day.