I starting dating someone who was sober. For the first two years, I never drank around her - only if we were traveling apart. Then I just decided to quit altogether so that she wasn’t cast as the party pooper. It’s been three years since then and the first two were really hard. But in the last year, my addictive attraction has transitioned in to revulsion. I now feel pity for people who drink. I never saw this coming. I drank an unhealthy amount but never considered quitting for “recovery” purposes. I just met this girl and it worked. I quit smoking in 2004 and it took me roughly the same 3 year period for that addiction to subside and turn around to revulsion.
I had the same transition process from omnivore -> vegetarian and vegetarian -> vegan. It was hard at first, largely because of ingrained habit, but it gradually became revulsion as you describe. You have motivated me to try sobriety, thanks.
It's odd. I'm reaching a point where meat is not appealing. Fish and eggs are my staples; but, ground beef can be hard to look at sometimes and handle. It's strange how one transition leads to others you didn't intend.
I’ve been veggie for 25 years. I accidentally ate some meat a few years and ago and, after vomiting through the night, it took me three days to recover. I actually lost my voice! My body rejected the meat, it felt unnatural to eat it.
