I Quit Meat. Then Cigarettes. Then Alcohol. Then Caffeine. Then Eating After 8 p.m. Who Am I?
Briefly

Many, it seems, have yet to learn the axiom 'Compare and despair,' and so when someone reveals something about himself that could be perceived as an accomplishment, it's provocative... The residual sense of power that results from all this overcoming can function something like a high-kind of like coke, except not, because I don't do that anymore either.
I appreciated having a thing to care about. Being a vegetarian contributed to the formation of an identity that I could wield like a prize-it made me stand out with the veneer of socia.
Read at Slate Magazine
[
]
[
|
]