Which best describes your vegan epiphany? Comments from 'Survey of Vegans'

From a 'Survey of Vegans' Question: Which best describes your vegan epiphany?

Answer Choices                                                          Responses

It took me steps to transition to being vegan after I first learned about it - 45.06% 3,406
Once I learned about the vegan ethic, I became vegan immediately - 27.47% 2,076
I was vegan in diet first before extending it to clothing, products and practices - 20.69% 1,564
I watched Earthlings and went vegan - 6.77% 512
Total 7,558 + 711 more chose "other" and left a comment - here they are:

Was a vegetarian for many years and didn't use leather or most other animal products besides wool, silk, eggs, and dairy, thinking they weren't harmful.
9/7/2013 4:18 PM View respondent's answers
Went vegetarian and then vegan over time due to being young and pressure from family (who paid for my food at the time!)
9/7/2013 6:21 AM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian for 2 years before becoming vegan
9/5/2013 2:21 AM View respondent's answers
Went from veg to vegan for ethical reasons
9/3/2013 5:31 PM View respondent's answers
Was vegetarian for 12 years before transition
9/3/2013 12:47 PM View respondent's answers
encouragement from my wife
8/28/2013 5:49 AM View respondent's answers
When my mind woke up over 20 yrs ago, I stopped wearing leather. I was always vegetarian. To stop milk in my tea it took after 8 years on and off.
8/27/2013 8:44 AM View respondent's answers
To omit a different meat each season helped me to become vegan.
8/25/2013 8:15 PM View respondent's answers
Ate healthy/raw most of my childhood, went back to what seemed natural (Vegan) and extended that to all other aspects of life (clothing, products etc.)
8/25/2013 6:06 PM View respondent's answers
The PETA videos of suffering animals - had to face full on what I had kind of known.
8/25/2013 3:29 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian for 23 years until I went 100% vegan
8/25/2013 3:00 PM View respondent's answers
I knew of vegan and was mainly vegetarian however I had health issues that wouldn't go away such as high cholesterol and other things. Doctors want to give you pills and surgery I kept thinking this isn't my life and finally came to Vegan! Reversed everything took back my health and you should see me now!
8/25/2013 1:40 PM View respondent's answers
After reading Peter Singers book titled Animal Liberations
8/25/2013 2:42 AM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian for a year before becoming vegan.
8/25/2013 2:01 AM View respondent's answers
I was previously vegetarian but then learnt more.
8/25/2013 12:40 AM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian for a long time, I didn't wear animal products then after making up my mind I quickly transitioned to vegan.
8/24/2013 8:55 PM View respondent's answers
i was vegetarian for 16 years but led a vegan lifestyle (clothing etc.) last step was not eating dairy
8/24/2013 6:09 PM View respondent's answers
Always knew I would, I was ready
8/24/2013 10:15 AM View respondent's answers
The rennet enzyme. Once I realized it was culled from the bellies of young ruminants, that was it for me
8/23/2013 10:43 AM View respondent's answers
I have known about vegan for many many years, but never fully understood the point in it. Once I did, and with the encouragement of my son, I made the final switch instantly (I'd cut most of it out already anyway, but wasn't reading labels).
8/22/2013 9:22 PM View respondent's answers
I became vegan about two years after all my friends became vegan. I transitioned all at once from omni to vegan.
8/21/2013 11:09 PM View respondent's answers
We watched Food Inc. and changed a lot of how we ate, but didn't become vegan until about a year later (watched Forks Over Knives and read The China Study)
8/21/2013 4:39 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian for 30 years before.
8/21/2013 11:42 AM View respondent's answers
I went vegan for the health benefits but struggle every now and again because of limited fast food options
8/21/2013 7:28 AM View respondent's answers
Also watched Earthlings, then products went the next week.
8/21/2013 2:13 AM View respondent's answers
It took some time to transition once i realised what i was eating/using however once i finally decided i went straight vegan immediately rather than a slow transition
8/21/2013 2:10 AM View respondent's answers
I knew about it for a long time, but a few campaigns made me decide to try it as an experiment. Then I learned more about it and stuck with it!
8/20/2013 4:46 PM View respondent's answers
Was a veggie didn't use milk. Therefore only had to stop using cheese and eggs and products that contained them
8/20/2013 4:13 PM View respondent's answers
Vegetarian for two months still realised hurt and cruelty in the vegi diet so went vegan.
8/20/2013 1:36 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian for 2 and a half years (this included not using products tested on animals&wearing leather etc) and then went vegan for reasons stated above.
8/20/2013 12:42 PM View respondent's answers
I understood what is suitable
8/20/2013 11:10 AM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian. A comment from a colleague was a light-bulb moment, immediately went vegan.
8/20/2013 11:08 AM View respondent's answers
It took me a while, and then I went cold turkey. I was veggie already, I'm still realising new things I have to think about
8/20/2013 10:34 AM View respondent's answers
Done it for health reasons initially but after watching Earthlings I became committed to being vegan for life
8/20/2013 9:18 AM View respondent's answers
I had been vegan for 21 years and was inspired to take the final step after meeting the lady referred to in Q.1
8/19/2013 11:33 AM View respondent's answers
when I was a kid, I loved my pets but how could I be part of other animals suffering.
8/18/2013 9:09 AM View respondent's answers
For many years I only used vegan products
8/18/2013 9:00 AM View respondent's answers
I went vegetarian in six months but had already stopped wearing clothes and purses made from animals and stopped buying eggs and dairy. I went vegan exactly six months later.
8/17/2013 11:07 AM View respondent's answers
I watched Vegducated and went vegan
8/17/2013 10:16 AM View respondent's answers
after hearing about the suffering (former veggie) i waited until after I'd stopped breast feeding my daughter as the properganda got me. now i know that was dumb, ive since had another baby as a vegan
8/16/2013 5:30 PM View respondent's answers
earthlings was definitely part of it
8/16/2013 5:25 PM View respondent's answers
Was vegetarian for 19 years before becoming vegan
8/16/2013 12:31 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian for a year or so and then cut out eggs and dairy.
8/15/2013 6:58 PM View respondent's answers
I began to introduce the diet into my life, then made the entire change soon after!
8/15/2013 1:23 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian for 15 years then decided to go all the way due to health reasons
8/14/2013 3:34 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian for many years first and was already avoiding leather, etc
8/13/2013 11:15 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian for 8 years before I made the switch
8/13/2013 10:40 PM View respondent's answers
I have been a vegetarian for almost 7 years, then I watched a video and visited some websites that a vegan friend posted on FB about how cows and hens are treated etc. etc. and realized that being vegetarian still harmed the animals and after informing myself a little bit more about a vegan diet I went completely vegan
8/13/2013 12:27 PM View respondent's answers
I learned through doing
8/13/2013 12:09 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian for a week before going vegan
8/13/2013 10:46 AM View respondent's answers
I was a vegetarian for 38 years before becoming vegan
8/13/2013 9:48 AM View respondent's answers
once i realized you can be athletic and be vegan
8/13/2013 9:42 AM View respondent's answers
No epiphany, just something that happened over time
8/13/2013 6:49 AM View respondent's answers
Dealing with milk & eggs while home baking, and finding them disgusting
8/12/2013 5:20 PM View respondent's answers
Came from my own extended thoughts after realising my vegetarianism wasnt enough.
8/12/2013 5:04 PM View respondent's answers
Vegan in diet only. Changed to vegan immediately.
8/12/2013 4:32 PM View respondent's answers
went vegan immediately, found it too hard at first, went back to eating animal products again and then I realised one night that I was killing myself by doing what I was doing.
8/12/2013 4:21 PM View respondent's answers
Started with animal testing, then food, then clothing/jewelry
8/12/2013 4:03 PM View respondent's answers
I didn't have a vegan epiphany, it was a gradual realisation
8/12/2013 3:25 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian first and learned that I was only making a difference half way since dairy and eggs are just as bad as meat. I was vegetarian for 1 1/2 before I turned vegan right away.
8/12/2013 2:24 PM View respondent's answers
Vegatarian for 30 years and then couldn't justify factory farming of eggs and chickens so went vegan.
8/12/2013 2:22 PM View respondent's answers
I went vegetarian immediately after seeing a factory farm video
8/12/2013 12:18 PM View respondent's answers
i thought vegan isn't possible, and then one day tried it - from one day to the other and never went back
8/12/2013 8:51 AM View respondent's answers
the suffering of the cows because of the dairy industry
8/12/2013 5:53 AM View respondent's answers
I watched Forks Over Knives and went vegan the next day.
8/12/2013 12:51 AM View respondent's answers
I'm still not perfect but 100% vegan at home immediately
8/11/2013 10:12 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian on and off for a decade with forays into veganism, then felt after college that I was now an adult and had to take my beliefs seriously. Watching Earthlings certainly helped cement the decision though.
8/11/2013 7:51 PM View respondent's answers
Almost immediately. Took a week to transition.
8/10/2013 7:20 PM View respondent's answers
I was in a health crisis and I realized that vegan would save me.
8/10/2013 2:01 PM View respondent's answers
while at a family barbaque i was eating crabs and halfway through i seen its lil face and i couldnt eat another one and i knew becoming a vegetarian was something i wantrd to do and not jus a phase as my parents made it out to be.
8/10/2013 1:01 PM View respondent's answers
still working on it
8/10/2013 12:12 PM View respondent's answers
Religion and culture
8/10/2013 11:29 AM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian and about two years after that learned about the egg and dairy industry and went vegan (I didn't have any veg friends when I was vegetarian so wasn't exposed to animal rights or veganism)
8/10/2013 11:04 AM View respondent's answers
I was a strict vegetarian for 20 years and then made the step to veganism
8/10/2013 10:40 AM View respondent's answers
PETA videos on dairy cows and calves, instant vegan after being vegetarian for several years
8/10/2013 10:23 AM View respondent's answers
the lecture by Gerry Yourofsky, and the physical draw backs when eating meat
8/10/2013 10:18 AM View respondent's answers
I had been vegetarian for 8 months and once I watched Veducated I went vegan immediately
8/10/2013 10:16 AM View respondent's answers
I went vegan on my 18 th birthday after being veg for many years.
8/10/2013 2:35 AM View respondent's answers
I read "Eating Animals" and became vegan immediately.
8/9/2013 8:28 PM View respondent's answers
Almost 30 year vegetarian, went vegan instantly after the egg incident.
8/9/2013 7:40 PM View respondent's answers
I watched Vegucated and decided to go for it again after trying for 3 months about ten years ago.
8/9/2013 7:10 PM View respondent's answers
i was vegetarian for 10 years then went vegan
8/9/2013 5:25 PM View respondent's answers
on and off for 20 years but now totally ON after watching Gary Yourofsky's speech and seeing the plight of dairy cows. No more!!
8/9/2013 3:55 PM View respondent's answers
Once i was convinced, i immediately went from regularly eating meat to vegan - with the exception of the things all ready in my refrigerator.
8/9/2013 3:34 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian for 37 yrs before turning vegan
8/9/2013 11:56 AM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian until I saw Gary Yourofsky's speech
8/9/2013 10:22 AM View respondent's answers
At first I didnt think dairy was abusive to animals, boy was I wrong.
8/9/2013 9:48 AM View respondent's answers
Decided vegetarian was too easy
8/9/2013 8:53 AM View respondent's answers
New Years Resolution
8/9/2013 8:44 AM View respondent's answers
I do it for the dark one..
8/9/2013 7:19 AM View respondent's answers
Vego first then vegan
8/9/2013 6:28 AM View respondent's answers
I was veggie, and made friends with some vegans that made me realize it wasn't so hard to do.
8/9/2013 6:04 AM View respondent's answers
I am still in transition to becoming full vegan
8/9/2013 3:12 AM View respondent's answers
I didn't learn about veganism first, I became one without really knowing about veganism (I was a child)
8/9/2013 1:27 AM View respondent's answers
I just figured a vegan was a thinking vegetarian
8/9/2013 1:27 AM View respondent's answers
cut up a roast with a dull knife while maintaining eye contact with my pet bunny
8/9/2013 12:35 AM View respondent's answers
Vegetarian for 10 plus years, became a vegan after my daughter was born. Reading up on the dairy industry, impregnating cows and killing their babies.. I just started to understand more.
8/8/2013 7:45 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian for 2 years first, then I learned more & realised that being vegan was the best choice!
8/8/2013 6:54 PM View respondent's answers
as a veggie didn't wear leather, tested products etc, it's a journey found out more and more
8/8/2013 6:05 PM View respondent's answers
I discovered I was killing animals by eating eggs and dairy etc reading a book, I immediately went from veggie to vegan
8/8/2013 5:18 PM View respondent's answers
Vegetarian for 7years and decided to take the next step
8/8/2013 5:16 PM View respondent's answers
I had been vegetarian for 17 years and decided to take it further
8/8/2013 5:12 PM View respondent's answers
it was a long yet not painful process from being vegetarian to being a vegan
8/8/2013 4:44 PM View respondent's answers
I decided I could not be a part of murder, and went vegan almost immediately. 100% withing 2 weeks
8/8/2013 4:33 PM View respondent's answers
Was vegetarian for years until I read about the real health benefits of a vegan diet
8/8/2013 3:20 PM View respondent's answers
eating meat is cruel. Eating eggs and milk is really just weird!
8/8/2013 2:58 PM View respondent's answers
went vegan soon as i realised the cruelty involved in dairy and egg industry as well as meat industry
8/8/2013 2:41 PM View respondent's answers
I just woke up one day and said, 'I am done.'
8/8/2013 1:31 PM View respondent's answers
Was a vegetarian since 1973 then went vegan in 2010
8/8/2013 11:44 AM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian for years first.
8/8/2013 9:07 AM View respondent's answers
I was a vegetarian and I became a vegan due to medical reasons
8/8/2013 6:17 AM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian for a while before I went vegan.
8/8/2013 3:30 AM View respondent's answers
was vegetarian already so just dropped everything else one at a time
8/7/2013 4:54 PM View respondent's answers
I learned about ethic after I became a vegan
8/7/2013 11:57 AM View respondent's answers
it took a week during wich time i read vegan freak and saw earthlings/gary yorofsky, etc
8/7/2013 4:19 AM View respondent's answers
It was my diabetes that lead me to vegan diet from Vegetarian
8/7/2013 12:57 AM View respondent's answers
was lacto veg for about 6 years prior to going vegan
8/6/2013 10:10 PM View respondent's answers
Started as a vegetarian for 2 years until I realized it was only the first step to become cruelty free. Also Jenny Brown's book inspired me to be more active in the animal rights community.
8/6/2013 6:33 PM View respondent's answers
Went vegan immediately after hearing the truth behind the dairy industry
8/6/2013 3:04 PM View respondent's answers
No epiphany
8/6/2013 1:00 PM View respondent's answers
And more... I watched Earthlings and other films, of course.
8/6/2013 10:12 AM View respondent's answers
I became vegetarian 1st for about 10 yrs, been vegan apprx 8
8/6/2013 10:03 AM View respondent's answers
we thought of cheese as "liquid meat" and gave up milk products
8/6/2013 10:01 AM View respondent's answers
maybe
8/6/2013 12:01 AM View respondent's answers
Watched Vegucated and that weekend went total vegan, no in between time.
8/5/2013 10:52 PM View respondent's answers
Vegetarian for several years then went back to eating meat due to family pressure. Became vegan cold turkey after watching forks over knives
8/5/2013 10:27 PM View respondent's answers
STILL trying to convert...almost there
8/5/2013 9:58 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian for 10 years before finally deciding to become completely vegan, which I did then all at once.
8/5/2013 7:43 PM View respondent's answers
I was a vegetarian for many years, after that veganism came naturally; who knows what'll come next?
8/5/2013 6:03 PM View respondent's answers
Was vegetarian then decided to go vegan.
8/5/2013 4:07 PM View respondent's answers
I was a breast feeding mom at the time, and almost overnight I made the connection between mammals like humans and cows making milk only for their young, and the ethical ramifications of drinking animals milk. That made me switch to vegan after reading a lot about it but never really being able to live it earlier. I have been brought up vegetarian, so giving up meat was not an issue
8/5/2013 11:32 AM View respondent's answers
Had been vegetarian several years and just became vegan one day
8/5/2013 10:38 AM View respondent's answers
It took me a while to build up the confidence to go vegan but, once I did, I became fully vegan and haven't looked back!
8/5/2013 9:38 AM View respondent's answers
Watching "The Best Speech You'll Ever Hear" by Gary Yourofsky and Earthlings
8/5/2013 8:34 AM View respondent's answers
Although my diet is now totally vegan, I really don't consider myself vegan because my husband is not, and I purchase and cook animal products for him.
8/5/2013 8:33 AM View respondent's answers
I was almost vegan before I and a friend decided to be 100% vegan together
8/5/2013 7:45 AM View respondent's answers
2&3
8/5/2013 4:40 AM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian for many years and gradually phasing out eggs and dairy and then made the choice to become completely vegan.
8/5/2013 4:06 AM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian first and then became vegan
8/5/2013 3:05 AM View respondent's answers
After two failed previous tries, vegan stuck immediately upon finding out that mother cows being exploited for their milk had to give birth and lose their babies each year.
8/4/2013 11:31 PM View respondent's answers
Realising animals weren't having much fun even though they weren't being killed
8/4/2013 10:38 PM View respondent's answers
I lived this lifestyle for years before finding out what veganisim meant
8/4/2013 6:21 PM View respondent's answers
Knew growing up
8/4/2013 5:52 PM View respondent's answers
I decided to turn vegan immediately after learning enough about the ethic, but it took me a while to act on this decision.
8/4/2013 5:51 PM View respondent's answers
it was gradual, but mostly because of the fact that i was only 15, lived with my parents and struggled for every meal/ingredient.
8/4/2013 5:31 PM View respondent's answers
took me a while to make the decision, once I did I went Vegan 100%
8/4/2013 4:13 PM View respondent's answers
I tried it, got ill and did it properly a couple of years later
8/4/2013 3:58 PM View respondent's answers
Was vegetarian for a long time. Read Eating Animals and became vegan immediately.
8/4/2013 1:54 PM View respondent's answers
I felt it inside me
8/3/2013 12:50 PM View respondent's answers
I went vegetarian in my youth, but took a long time to go vegan. Health was a big factor.
8/3/2013 11:24 AM View respondent's answers
became vegan in diet after watch video and am growing more compassionate towards other aspects as time goes by
8/3/2013 10:31 AM View respondent's answers
I stopped eating "veal" first and then stopped eating all animals I became completely vegan after a while.
8/3/2013 9:05 AM View respondent's answers
vegetarian then learned about meat and dairy - went vegan
8/2/2013 10:12 PM View respondent's answers
Born this way.
8/2/2013 5:46 PM View respondent's answers
...every bit of education, articles, movies, speakers, brought me closer...
8/1/2013 12:26 PM View respondent's answers
clothing and practices before diet, took me 20 years before I realized being vegetarian was not enough
8/1/2013 6:46 AM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian at first, than slowly started to leave out things like leather and milk out of my daily life. Finally, when I met some vegans, one of which my girlfriend, I decided to cut out the crap and become vegan.
8/1/2013 4:01 AM View respondent's answers
vegetarian for 25 yrs transition was very simply
7/31/2013 5:54 PM View respondent's answers
I was an off again, on again vegan since I was a teenager, but finally became full-fledged around twenty years ago. I just did not want to have anything to do with harming animals, in any way.
7/31/2013 4:59 PM View respondent's answers
I had already been vegetarian for 10 years, and had stopped eating eggs, most dairy, using leather. It was mainly just cheese that kept me from being vegan. I finally decided the dairy industry was just as horrible as the meat industry and could no longer support it.
7/31/2013 3:23 PM View respondent's answers
None of the above. There wasn't an epiphany for me that I remember.
7/30/2013 6:09 PM View respondent's answers
I was flipping burgers at my first job at mcd's in Tx and realized. I went vegetarian right away. I wanted to be vegan around 20 but thought it wold be too hard where I lived. Went vegan at 29 and the rest is history.
7/30/2013 4:20 PM View respondent's answers
Because I went vegan for health, it took me awhile to realize the connection to clothes, etc. But now, I am fully vegan.
7/30/2013 3:58 PM View respondent's answers
i can not give an answer
7/30/2013 2:04 AM View respondent's answers
read animal Lib and went vegan
7/30/2013 12:27 AM View respondent's answers
Very imperfect and gradual.
7/29/2013 7:57 PM View respondent's answers
I am almost there.
7/29/2013 3:41 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian for a long time first
7/29/2013 3:24 PM View respondent's answers
I heard Gary Yourofsky and went vegan!!!!from one day to the other!
7/29/2013 3:10 PM View respondent's answers
I was 15 too young to support myself to go vegetarian upon .first wanting to.. Once I was 17 I finally made the choice
7/29/2013 1:39 PM View respondent's answers
Hit me suddenly when I realized animals were sentient
7/29/2013 9:24 AM View respondent's answers
was vegitarian 30 years first
7/29/2013 4:22 AM View respondent's answers
earthlings certainly helped affirm my decision.
7/27/2013 6:55 PM View respondent's answers
I had thought about it for a while then decided to do it and I did.
7/27/2013 5:09 PM View respondent's answers
I chose a date to become a vegan and stuck to it
7/27/2013 4:45 PM View respondent's answers
and then watched Earthlings.
7/27/2013 7:00 AM View respondent's answers
I woke up one night and knew I had to be vegan. Have been from then on - 11years ago.
7/27/2013 4:37 AM View respondent's answers
vegan in diet immediately. Not extended beyond.
7/27/2013 4:11 AM View respondent's answers
I went to yoga meditation (which I didn't even enjoy) and after that couldn't touch meat or any animal products. Weird but true.
7/26/2013 3:18 PM View respondent's answers
It was an evolutionary process that took some time. The non-dietary issues are easier in some ways. The dietary steps needed to reduce and then avoid dairy were the hardest.
7/26/2013 7:45 AM View respondent's answers
Having been veggie for 25+ years once I learnt about veganism I mulled over it. Finally one day it dawned on me and I changed completely at once.
7/26/2013 4:55 AM View respondent's answers
I had become vegan during my pregnancy as at the beginning I craved cream buns etc and then the thought of it made me sick...but it was only when I was in labour that I could not stop thinking of those poor mothers giving birth to their babies only to have them stolen from them, a mothers worst nightmare I imagine, and that is when I truly knew I would be vegan for life and loud about it, not keep it to myself anymore in case I 'upset' anyone!
7/25/2013 3:43 PM View respondent's answers
As a vegetarian still eating eggs and cheese I was often compelled to order an omelet or a bean and cheese burrito, twice in one week I ended up with meat in my food so I went vegan immediately.
7/25/2013 3:39 PM View respondent's answers
Knew about it for a while, then became vegan overnight.
7/25/2013 7:50 AM View respondent's answers
I just realised that I had accidentally gone 2 weeks without eggs or dairy and decided to stick at it
7/25/2013 5:55 AM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian but went vegan after watching earthlings
7/25/2013 5:09 AM View respondent's answers
Took a few years
7/24/2013 5:13 PM View respondent's answers
Veggie 16 yrs then vegan 17 yrs
7/24/2013 12:13 PM View respondent's answers
I'm 14, my parents were VERY against it
7/24/2013 1:45 AM View respondent's answers
I watched Gary Yourofsky's educational speech...
7/24/2013 1:41 AM View respondent's answers
I realized milk has estrogen in it and can cause Cancer, and I realized the pancreas can get overrun with processing milk based foods
7/23/2013 6:46 PM View respondent's answers
Firts I was vegan in clothing, products and practices before extending it to diet
7/23/2013 5:52 PM View respondent's answers
i was first vegetarian for 17 years, than became vegan
7/23/2013 10:26 AM View respondent's answers
i had tried and failed to be vegan before. Watching the film made me want to try again
7/23/2013 5:40 AM View respondent's answers
was a vegetarian, decided it
7/23/2013 3:27 AM View respondent's answers
Vegetarian, then 100% vegan after learning about dairy cows from the Meatrix
7/23/2013 1:28 AM View respondent's answers
lacto ovo vegetarian immediately then vegan later
7/23/2013 12:53 AM View respondent's answers
I had already been vegetarian for many years
7/22/2013 11:54 PM View respondent's answers
I was first vegetarian for many years and then became an on and off vegan (many months up to one year at a time) before finally becoming a 100% dedicated vegan for life after taking an animal ethics class in college
7/22/2013 11:29 PM View respondent's answers
I went vegetarian and then vegan after more research (about a month time span)
7/22/2013 11:18 PM View respondent's answers
Recently became vegan after being vegetarian for several years.
7/22/2013 10:18 PM View respondent's answers
I started right away. I'm learning more all the time. I fall off the vegan wagon about once a week or less (but not too bad)
7/22/2013 9:53 PM View respondent's answers
natural progression from being vegetarian
7/22/2013 9:42 PM View respondent's answers
I began as a vegetarian, and realized that cruelty to animals extends beyond dying for flesh
7/22/2013 9:40 PM View respondent's answers
I was pescatarian but mainly vegetarian, saw Forks over knives and decided to do a trial period of a month and stuck with it!
7/22/2013 9:30 PM View respondent's answers
My dog healed my broken heart and loved me when people were mean to me.
7/22/2013 6:02 PM View respondent's answers
took a few months, the more I learned, the more I sped up the transition
7/22/2013 4:45 PM View respondent's answers
During a Thanksgiving gathering, being vegetarian at the time for ethical reasons, it finally occurred to me that I had no right to delay my inevitable transition to veganism.
7/22/2013 3:16 PM View respondent's answers
off and on vegan since weening
7/22/2013 12:12 PM View respondent's answers
after watching Gary Yourofsky
7/22/2013 7:39 AM View respondent's answers
vegetarian for quite a while, vegan first for health reasons, later on for all life
7/22/2013 3:46 AM View respondent's answers
I went vegetarian and vegan in clothing for around 7 years and then I went completely vegan
7/21/2013 6:21 PM View respondent's answers
Sort of - I ate meat for a month longer and I ate cheese for a couple of years longer. Now I'm complete.
7/21/2013 2:21 PM View respondent's answers
I watched 18 hours on animal farming videos then went vegan.
7/21/2013 10:27 AM View respondent's answers
was previously veggie for 28 yrs
7/21/2013 9:47 AM View respondent's answers
immediately after my divorce
7/21/2013 8:27 AM View respondent's answers
I was a 'part-time' vegan outside of my parents' homes before I went to university and became a 'full-time' vegan.
7/21/2013 6:39 AM View respondent's answers
I have been vegetarian most of my life, and took the next step
7/21/2013 6:11 AM View respondent's answers
I'd known about the problems of factory farms for some time, but it took a while to decide to do something personally. Once I decided that I wanted to be vegan it was immediate.
7/20/2013 10:49 PM View respondent's answers
Vegetarian than vegan cold turkey
7/20/2013 8:45 PM View respondent's answers
Born vegan
7/20/2013 6:21 PM View respondent's answers
As a teenager I started being macrobiotic. Before going vegan I ate the albumen of the eggs but didn't like the idea anyway.
7/20/2013 2:04 PM View respondent's answers
I'm currently vegetarian
7/19/2013 1:10 PM View respondent's answers
Vegetarian first40years/presently vegan
7/18/2013 7:38 PM View respondent's answers
I am a lifelong vegetarian and recently over the last few weeks have become vegan
7/18/2013 6:18 PM View respondent's answers
it were steps from being a lifetime vegetarian to becoming vegan.
7/18/2013 6:05 PM View respondent's answers
the pic on the site I mentioned made me become vegan instantly.
7/18/2013 1:10 PM View respondent's answers
I was on a farm with dairy cows and there I went vegan
7/18/2013 9:41 AM View respondent's answers
I was veg immediately, and have worked over time at being vegan, I don't use animal products and did not as a veg.
7/18/2013 6:06 AM View respondent's answers
I read the article and went vegan
7/18/2013 12:49 AM View respondent's answers
It wasn't an epiphany.
7/17/2013 11:10 PM View respondent's answers
Went vegan for my health
7/17/2013 6:57 PM View respondent's answers
I was a vegetarian for 3 years then finally decided to make the transition to vegan
7/17/2013 6:48 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian for over 3 years and only thing between me being vegan was diet, so one day I decided to become fully vegan and stopped eating dairy.
7/17/2013 5:15 PM View respondent's answers
i was vegetarian first then made the transition.
7/17/2013 4:41 PM View respondent's answers
reading stories to my daughter ... in reading about cute animal characters I didn't want to relay the message that we should now eat 'The Red Hen' etc.
7/17/2013 1:20 PM View respondent's answers
I had already become vegan, then I read "Main Street Vegan" by Victoria Moran. That book truly inspired me.
7/17/2013 12:27 PM View respondent's answers
I watched 100
7/17/2013 3:58 AM View respondent's answers
I watch Earthlings as was disgusted! The meat industry MUST change but people need a little bit of meat in their diets!
7/17/2013 3:17 AM View respondent's answers
I had just transitioned all animal products out of my life, except for gourmet cheese. I knew it was bad, but I loved it. Then I became pregnant and quit overnight. For myself I could bend the rules, but for my unborn child, I'll never compromise health for taste!
7/16/2013 5:33 PM View respondent's answers
I was lacto-ovo vegetarian for ten years first. It was a question about the hypocrisy in continued use of animal products that finally made it 'click'...that was THE DAY I changed.
7/16/2013 12:05 PM View respondent's answers
I was Vegetarian for 15 years then I read a hard copy of this booklet and instantly went Vegan in 2011.
7/15/2013 6:11 PM View respondent's answers
I haven't extended it past my diet.
7/15/2013 2:24 PM View respondent's answers
Seriously!!
7/15/2013 11:50 AM View respondent's answers
I was a vegetarian for 30 years before
7/15/2013 8:24 AM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian first and until then I thought it was enough
7/15/2013 4:07 AM View respondent's answers
After being vegetarian for about 20 years, I understood, that this is not enough
7/15/2013 3:48 AM View respondent's answers
the same day i stopped
7/14/2013 1:43 PM View respondent's answers
by steps I mean that I am just now preparing vegan food for my furry friends
7/14/2013 9:54 AM View respondent's answers
I do not know what a vegan epiphany is
7/14/2013 12:12 AM View respondent's answers
As a vegetarian I was already incorporating it into my life through everything I bought. Maintaining a vegan lifestyle just strengthened that awareness.
7/13/2013 10:11 PM View respondent's answers
Vegetarian for a year then vegan
7/13/2013 3:23 PM View respondent's answers
I just cut all the meat out of my life one day - and now learning to extend it to vegan practices.
7/13/2013 2:25 PM View respondent's answers
was vegetarian for over 20 years, went vegan after seeing movies of treatment of dairy cows on FB
7/13/2013 1:32 PM View respondent's answers
No grand epiphany - just entered my first apartment with my own kitchen for the first time ever and allowed consciousness to surface.
7/13/2013 11:35 AM View respondent's answers
Vegetarian for 20 years
7/13/2013 9:16 AM View respondent's answers
once I left home and had my own family
7/13/2013 3:33 AM View respondent's answers
I eat a mostly plant based diet for health reasons
7/13/2013 1:29 AM View respondent's answers
once I understood the principle, I strove to follow it, although clumsily at first
7/12/2013 10:38 PM View respondent's answers
Three years ago I watched Earthlings and decided I needed to be vegan and stop supporting cruelty. It took a few days to enable the transition (I was staying with extended family for out of state wedding) and start new, starting with diet & home products; no longer buy animal products but still own some items from the past (e.g. wool rugs)
7/12/2013 8:48 PM View respondent's answers
as a vegetarian I was already chosing vegetarian cosmetics, clothes etc...
7/12/2013 7:09 PM View respondent's answers
I started slowly after reading Ethics of what you Eat, then went vegan overnight after Earthlings
7/12/2013 6:45 PM View respondent's answers
Got healthy with a whole food, plant based diet.
7/12/2013 4:09 PM View respondent's answers
i just went vegan after a few years being veggie
7/12/2013 3:57 PM View respondent's answers
I had been a pescatarian for over 15 years and had recently decided to become a vegetarian. Then I met vegans and my boyfriend and I decided to go vegan together.
7/12/2013 3:44 PM View respondent's answers
Ripening into veganism from vegetarian
7/12/2013 1:34 PM View respondent's answers
I was a vegetarian for 10yrs (on and off prior beginning in mid teens) until I viewed earthlings.
7/12/2013 1:16 PM View respondent's answers
I saw the movie Vegucated and saw graphic videos of how animals were treated. My bf and I decided to go vegan together because of it.
7/12/2013 1:09 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian for years, believing that was fine and that there were happy cows...there aren't
7/12/2013 12:52 PM View respondent's answers
Converted during Vegan Societies go vegan month (November)
7/12/2013 12:43 PM View respondent's answers
A lorry load of pigs stopped by our house and I was so shocked by their screams, it opened my eyes to the suffering I was causing by using dairy products. I went vegan immediately. Was already avoiding leather, and animal testing where possible
7/12/2013 11:36 AM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian for 5 years before I went vegan, and then it took me about 1 year to extend my veganism to clothes, etc.
7/12/2013 11:26 AM View respondent's answers
I've been vegetarian since aged 9. I found out some cruel facts about the egg and dairy industries, and looked into both ~ incompatible with my beliefs, so I became vegan.
7/12/2013 10:28 AM View respondent's answers
Was a vegetarian for two years, became vegan after watching "Making the Connection"
7/12/2013 10:10 AM View respondent's answers
Diet for a New America
7/12/2013 8:44 AM View respondent's answers
Was brought up vegan
7/12/2013 3:42 AM View respondent's answers
still learning
7/11/2013 8:54 PM View respondent's answers
I'm 4 yrs. vegan but still haven't extended it to clothing.
7/11/2013 7:16 PM View respondent's answers
still working on it
7/11/2013 5:21 PM View respondent's answers
I did an experiment on myself and went raw vegan until dinner and then ate a cooked vegan meal. My skin cleared, I felt better and some health issues resolved almost immediately
7/11/2013 5:17 PM View respondent's answers
Was vegan ethically; leather, fur, pruducts etc...and mostly diet except for the dreaded cheese! Till I found out the truth about dairy. When I did, it was an instant revision to total vegan.
7/11/2013 5:11 PM View respondent's answers
I decided to try it for three months, and when my diabetes went away I decided to stick to it
7/11/2013 3:43 PM View respondent's answers
I saw Food Inc and went vegetarian and local. Once I went to college, I dropped all animal products because it was too expensive and difficult to get quality eggs and cheese.
7/11/2013 11:50 AM View respondent's answers
Listening to Gary Francione's interview on the Vegan Freak Radio podcast.
7/11/2013 10:02 AM View respondent's answers
I realised the sin it can be !!
7/11/2013 8:57 AM View respondent's answers
I don't think I had a vegan epiphany...
7/11/2013 7:10 AM View respondent's answers
I was a vegetarian for years and a long-time vegan with clothing and products, then became a full vegan with food 9 months ago
7/11/2013 6:51 AM View respondent's answers
Vegetarian, 29 yrs, veggie raw 2 years, I went through a breakup where it was easy to not be tempted by other dairy prods.
7/11/2013 6:19 AM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian, then because my son was allergic to dairy that was dropped from the menu.
7/11/2013 6:17 AM View respondent's answers
Vegetarian for 20 years, then with greater awareness of issues to do with dairy and eggs, became vegan
7/11/2013 5:39 AM View respondent's answers
I knew about veganism for some years, but when I decided to become vegan I did so cold-turkey.
7/11/2013 3:03 AM View respondent's answers
I watched "Eating" movie and became vegan right away
7/11/2013 2:09 AM View respondent's answers
Bit by bit over the years...then my health and went about 98% or more also compassion for animals/earth.
7/11/2013 1:48 AM View respondent's answers
cold turkey for health/weight reasons
7/11/2013 12:32 AM View respondent's answers
I was a born vegetarian who went vegan after watching Peta's dairy abuse video
7/10/2013 11:39 PM View respondent's answers
Watched earthlings, went veggie and then vegan
7/10/2013 7:30 PM View respondent's answers
like i said above, it was really the piece of cheese, but then it was awesome to give up eggs, cause they sometimes grossed me out too, really it was very easy for me, former vegetarian before vegan, it took me almost 50 years to become vegan, i regret it wasn't sooner, and if i ever think about the things i used to eat, and wonder if i miss it at all, i just think about animal suffering and murder, and in my heart i have peace, till i think about the animal suffering and murder and then my heart breaks for them.
7/10/2013 1:42 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian and didnt buy animal products for many years, learned about dairy and egg industry and went vegan immediately.
7/10/2013 1:13 PM View respondent's answers
Watched Gary Yourofski
7/10/2013 12:40 PM View respondent's answers
I was already a vegetarian and thus avoiding leather, etc
7/10/2013 11:07 AM View respondent's answers
i did not know i was a 'vegan' at first
7/10/2013 8:45 AM View respondent's answers
Was vegetarian for > 8 Years first (living with my parants). Than moved away from my parents and started to live vegan.
7/10/2013 6:04 AM View respondent's answers
I didn't really have the epiphany until weeks after I was vegan. I initially went vegan because I was already there except eggs and chicken and was in pursuit of becoming even healthier.
7/10/2013 1:44 AM View respondent's answers
vegetarian for over 30 years
7/10/2013 1:40 AM View respondent's answers
I just decided to become vegan one day, and went cold turkey!
7/10/2013 12:34 AM View respondent's answers
Started vegetarian for 3+ years, then went vegan.
7/9/2013 6:55 PM View respondent's answers
I watched Gary Yourofsky's Best Speech and went vegan immediately.
7/9/2013 3:06 PM View respondent's answers
I was a vegetarian for 10 years first
7/9/2013 1:31 PM View respondent's answers
It took me several attempts but at a certain point I just couldn't bear it anymore to eat animals and cause them pain and misery
7/9/2013 11:49 AM View respondent's answers
I turned vegan in 2-3 days and after a month I deleted honey from my diet.
7/9/2013 11:45 AM View respondent's answers
Became vegetarian as child, parents worked against it, father turned vegetarian in 2011 so I followed in July 2012 and became vegan October 2012
7/9/2013 11:22 AM View respondent's answers
was veggie for many years and then went vegan
7/9/2013 10:28 AM View respondent's answers
Born to be a vegan
7/9/2013 8:28 AM View respondent's answers
I was first a vegetarian until I found out about the dairy and egg industry.
7/9/2013 4:23 AM View respondent's answers
I had been vegetarian prior
7/9/2013 12:47 AM View respondent's answers
No such thing as moral vegetarian, cows are raped then murdered. Click!
7/9/2013 12:22 AM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian for 3 years, then I saw another video and became vegan soon after that.
7/8/2013 10:13 PM View respondent's answers
I woke up one morning and didn't want to eat or wear animal products.
7/8/2013 9:36 PM View respondent's answers
had been vegie for years. met a family of vegans and realized how possible it was.
7/8/2013 7:45 PM View respondent's answers
I was veggie then became vegan
7/8/2013 5:03 PM View respondent's answers
none of the above
7/8/2013 3:51 PM View respondent's answers
Gary Yourofsky's "Best Speech Ever" - I became instantly.
7/8/2013 2:59 PM View respondent's answers
Spent a few months a vegetarian then went vegan.
7/8/2013 1:25 PM View respondent's answers
Bit complicated. I went vegan because I stopped being able to consume animal products on an emotional followed by a psychosomatic level (they'd make me sick). I didn't want to go vegan because the first vegan I met was horrible. I was a lone vegan so didn't learn some things till a lot later.
7/8/2013 8:58 AM View respondent's answers
Vegetarian, almost vegan except cheese from eleven. Now completely vegan.
7/8/2013 6:52 AM View respondent's answers
I went straight from omni to vegan upon learning but it took me 3 attempts to make it stick ;)
7/8/2013 4:09 AM View respondent's answers
I switched to vegan overnight for compassionate reasons
7/8/2013 3:23 AM View respondent's answers
I went from full on meat eater to vegan overnight, but it took me years of being aware of the animals' suffering before I decided to become vegan.
7/8/2013 1:12 AM View respondent's answers
It was a natural extension of my transition to vegetarianism
7/8/2013 12:26 AM View respondent's answers
i was raised vegetarian, and veganism was the next logical step
7/7/2013 7:58 PM View respondent's answers
Clothing, practices, products came before I turned vegan from vegetarianism.
7/7/2013 7:53 PM View respondent's answers
I watched Earthlings, became vegetarian and vegan 2yrs later
7/7/2013 6:48 PM View respondent's answers
vegetarian for the first 2 years, then vegan for about 10 now...
7/7/2013 6:11 PM View respondent's answers
strict vegetarian
7/7/2013 5:34 PM View respondent's answers
when hubby got cancer we switched immediately albeit slowly before becoming full raw vegan
7/7/2013 3:35 PM View respondent's answers
Health issues
7/7/2013 1:49 PM View respondent's answers
I made the decision to go vegan, but did not reliaze what was involved, and made many mistakes. So, speaking technically, it was a transition process.
7/7/2013 1:48 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian for 2 years before I became vegan
7/7/2013 10:21 AM View respondent's answers
I watched Earthlings and went vegetarian, and then withing months started making the transition to vegan
7/7/2013 9:05 AM View respondent's answers
I went back and forth for 5 years
7/7/2013 7:24 AM View respondent's answers
I was ill and went vegetarian then vegan
7/7/2013 1:33 AM View respondent's answers
as a vegetarian I had been buying ethical products for yesrs. once I made the decision to go vegan I became straight edge.
7/6/2013 11:17 PM View respondent's answers
Vegetarian from 13, vegan 20years later
7/6/2013 7:28 PM View respondent's answers
Went vegetarian first.
7/6/2013 6:50 PM View respondent's answers
I went vegetarian after Earthlings, vegan 9 months later
7/6/2013 6:19 PM View respondent's answers
I realized I was vegan one day after trying to eat healthy for years.
7/6/2013 6:07 PM View respondent's answers
i was an animal rights activist who changed diet last, as tuna was the last i gave up-
7/6/2013 6:03 PM View respondent's answers
i got my mom to stop having goats and chickens
7/6/2013 5:56 PM View respondent's answers
Forks over knifes-vegetarian/ Dairy Farm video-vegan
7/6/2013 4:29 PM View respondent's answers
I was young and uniformed. I took odd steps.
7/6/2013 1:41 PM View respondent's answers
Scott Jurek
7/6/2013 8:50 AM View respondent's answers
i was vegetarian, when i watched Earthling... i cry.
7/6/2013 2:48 AM View respondent's answers
I watched "The best speech you will ever hear" and went vegan immediately
7/6/2013 1:53 AM View respondent's answers
Vegetarian all my life, vegan once I moved out because it because easy.
7/5/2013 9:54 PM View respondent's answers
Health vegan at the moment.
7/5/2013 8:54 PM View respondent's answers
I watched Vegucated and went vegan. (I was already vegetarian.)
7/5/2013 7:54 PM View respondent's answers
I was a vegan before i know what a vegan was
7/5/2013 7:23 PM View respondent's answers
i have never enjoyed eating meat, eggs and dairy. not even when i was a child
7/5/2013 6:10 PM View respondent's answers
i was vegetarian for a long time and finally made the connection re: dairy after watching A Peaceable Kingdom and Forks over Knives
7/5/2013 6:07 PM View respondent's answers
i watched did ita cow slaughtered on video, and thats what
7/5/2013 5:51 PM View respondent's answers
I decided to try veganism and right after I made that decision, I learned about the facts and that's when I knew I would never look back.
7/5/2013 2:06 PM View respondent's answers
It took me several months to completely eliminate dairy, eggs, honey, and additives. I stopped buying animal-derived clothing almost immediately after I stopped eating flesh.
7/5/2013 12:59 PM View respondent's answers
I was already vegetarian and just needed to take the next step
7/5/2013 12:53 PM View respondent's answers
easy.......
7/5/2013 12:16 PM View respondent's answers
For a variety of disparate reasons, I ate mostly vegan for a few years before going totally vegan
7/5/2013 10:46 AM View respondent's answers
I am still on my overall journey and am slowly transitioing other areas of my life into vegan too - like clothing, shoes etc...
7/5/2013 8:08 AM View respondent's answers
I heard a radio spot about an article that had appeared in Wash Post. Inspired me to read article, They Die Piece by Piece. Called paper, got contact for investigator of slaughterhouse, Gail Eisnitz, read her book, that was IT for meat and dairy
7/5/2013 8:06 AM View respondent's answers
Was pescetarian then vegetarian then vegan.
7/5/2013 7:03 AM View respondent's answers
I was raised vegan from birth.
7/5/2013 6:52 AM View respondent's answers
I went vegetarian at age 10, vegan at age 16 after reading Vegan Freak which a friend recommended.
7/5/2013 4:20 AM View respondent's answers
I watched Veducated and Forks over Knives and that was that.
7/5/2013 2:34 AM View respondent's answers
I gave up milk first when my dh had to give it up for health reasons; then after watching "Diet for a New America" it wasn't too difficult to give up meat. I did it for a month and kept with it. Now I can't imagine not being vegan.
7/5/2013 12:49 AM View respondent's answers
journey
7/5/2013 12:40 AM View respondent's answers
we initially became vegan for health reasons and now are also inspired to stay vegan for animal's welfare too
7/4/2013 11:00 PM View respondent's answers
was vegetarian first, after more research felt that wasnt enough & became vegan
7/4/2013 8:21 PM View respondent's answers
I am a vegetarian
7/4/2013 6:48 PM View respondent's answers
envirnomental issues became a bigger issue
7/4/2013 6:11 PM View respondent's answers
I was only 13, so it took me 4.5 years to become vegan
7/4/2013 12:21 PM View respondent's answers
started vegetarian and now vegan
7/4/2013 9:59 AM View respondent's answers
I was also vegetarian for 23 years firstt
7/4/2013 6:21 AM View respondent's answers
was vegetarian for 30 years gradually over time becoming vegan
7/4/2013 3:05 AM View respondent's answers
I was a vegetarian for 8 years, then chose to permanently adopt the Vegan lifestyle.
7/4/2013 1:16 AM View respondent's answers
read an indepth expose of a modern dairy
7/4/2013 12:12 AM View respondent's answers
i had heard about veganism and it made sense, but i didnt go vegan yet. i went vegan in one day when i was given some pamphlets and recipes
7/3/2013 10:36 PM View respondent's answers
I became vegan within a month or so of realization -- prior to that I was vegetarian for over 20 years
7/3/2013 10:20 PM View respondent's answers
Vegetarian for 29 years, suddenly 'got it'.
7/3/2013 7:48 PM View respondent's answers
Talking to other vegans and being introduced to docos that illustrated how my ethics and eating habits weren't aligned
7/3/2013 7:16 PM View respondent's answers
I BECAME VEGAN IN ONE DAY
7/3/2013 6:29 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian for 7 years first, slowly cutting out other animal products (no eggs, but would sometimes eat non-vegan cookies, for example).
7/3/2013 6:09 PM View respondent's answers
wasa vegetarian for a while first
7/3/2013 6:05 PM View respondent's answers
I was a vegetarian for many years, missing thepoint, then I saw the Premier of Peaceable Kingdom in SF. That did it. been vegan since
7/3/2013 5:57 PM View respondent's answers
First stopped eating red meat + pork, then went vegetarian, then vegan
7/3/2013 11:31 AM View respondent's answers
opposite of #3, always was aware of leather, wool and use of animals in other ways and avoided them
7/3/2013 8:22 AM View respondent's answers
was the next logical step. had been trying for a long time
7/3/2013 4:19 AM View respondent's answers
I was a vegetarian first and after learning about the negative effects of milk on both animals and my health, I became vegan
7/3/2013 2:21 AM View respondent's answers
I watched Forks over Knives & went vegan
7/2/2013 9:42 PM View respondent's answers
Health
7/2/2013 7:38 PM View respondent's answers
Transitioned from long term vegetarian to vegan - immediately every part of my life became vegan.
7/2/2013 6:35 PM View respondent's answers
I heard about Earthlings and went vegan
7/2/2013 6:29 PM View respondent's answers
Lacto-ovo vegetarian for 6 months before becoming vegan
7/2/2013 6:26 PM View respondent's answers
After reading The China Study and having my world rocked, I proceeded to binge on milk chocolate and cheese products for nearly 6 months. Then I got disgusted with myself and slowly began converting. :)
7/2/2013 4:10 PM View respondent's answers
Last step- Went vegan after a church sermon :)
7/2/2013 3:17 PM View respondent's answers
Phased out animal products over a month or two and replaced with vegan alternatives.
7/2/2013 1:53 PM View respondent's answers
I had been veg for 10+ years and it was through the examples and teaching of my vegan friends
7/2/2013 12:36 PM View respondent's answers
The health benefits described in Forkes over knives which Rich Roll mentioned
7/2/2013 12:22 PM View respondent's answers
IT was pointed out how little it would take to go from vegetarian to vegan
7/2/2013 11:50 AM View respondent's answers
I was first vegetarian and after learning more about dairy and egg industry I went vegan in a week or something
7/2/2013 10:42 AM View respondent's answers
Several of these answers actually apply to me. I was vegetarian for 33 years, and almost vegan without knowing it. I didn't identify myself as being vegan until I fully connected with the ethics of being vegan. Once I did, I felt a shift in my consciousness, and at that moment my head and heart came into alignment as I identified myself as being vegan.
7/2/2013 10:12 AM View respondent's answers
After seeing a few doco's like Forks over Knives, the bitter truth about sugar, the gerson therapy, I became vegan immediately, knowing in the back of my mind for a long time that I probably would end up vegan. Once I realized the health implications & after the birth of free information from the birth of the internet it wasn't hard. I am quite a focused and strong willed person though.
7/2/2013 9:51 AM View respondent's answers
I was a vegetarian for 10 years before looking into veganism
7/2/2013 9:13 AM View respondent's answers
It was always there. However one day my mother put a potroast down on the table with the rope around it and it giggled on the table.. and I saw the whole life of the animal tied up and tortured. Also had a slaughter/torture of a baby lamb in front of me to change me when I was 9. I wanted a new world, a new existence following this.
7/2/2013 8:11 AM View respondent's answers
Veganism saved my health after nothing else could.
7/2/2013 7:06 AM View respondent's answers
Vegetarian then vegan
7/2/2013 5:14 AM View respondent's answers
It took me about a month to umm and ahh about becoming vegan, and one day I just... did.
7/2/2013 4:39 AM View respondent's answers
natural common sense and logic, intuition
7/2/2013 2:05 AM View respondent's answers
was vegie 4 yrs and heard cows screaming for babies and became vegan
7/2/2013 1:43 AM View respondent's answers
my mom fed me vegan
7/2/2013 1:31 AM View respondent's answers
I was vegetariab for twenty years then realised that being part of the dairy industry was complicit with environmental destruction
7/2/2013 1:01 AM View respondent's answers
I am using up what is left of my non-vegan products, but I have not spent any money on any new non-vegan products. I also use those products as minimally as possible.
7/2/2013 12:35 AM View respondent's answers
I also grew up eating a mixed diet of vegeterian and omnivore, I later became 100% plant based from medical issues, ethics, and learning more about the industry.
7/2/2013 12:16 AM View respondent's answers
Once I saw Meet Your Meat I went cold turkey vegan
7/1/2013 11:57 PM View respondent's answers
I guess I'm not vegan actually as I do use wool ect.
7/1/2013 11:53 PM View respondent's answers
Went vegetarian at first awakening, took several years before I realized Veganism was most in line with my values and the reasons I went veg to begin with.
7/1/2013 9:33 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian for a year first and then watched Earthlings and went vegan
7/1/2013 9:19 PM View respondent's answers
see 1 - from that day i couldn't be anything else
7/1/2013 8:32 PM View respondent's answers
Watched undercover video if dairy farm practices. Aaaaaaaaaaand I'm Vegan!
7/1/2013 7:30 PM View respondent's answers
Watched MEET YOUR MEAT, became vegan right then
7/1/2013 7:22 PM View respondent's answers
Immediately after i watched Earthlings...
7/1/2013 5:20 PM View respondent's answers
No epiphany, it happened over many years
7/1/2013 5:17 PM View respondent's answers
I was an thical vegetarian for 20 years, ecam a vegan in the past 2-3 years
7/1/2013 10:24 AM View respondent's answers
Once I learned about the vegan ethic AND HEALTH BENEFITS (!!!), I became vegan immediately
7/1/2013 7:19 AM View respondent's answers
I am vegan only in my diet...(not clothing)
7/1/2013 6:54 AM View respondent's answers
Once I make a connection about dogs and other animals, I become vegan within 7 days
6/30/2013 7:33 PM View respondent's answers
animal liberation, meet your meat but mostly "defeating diabetes" changed me for good
6/30/2013 7:14 PM View respondent's answers
I have problems with confidence and so gave in to eating stuff I did not want
6/30/2013 5:54 PM View respondent's answers
Health
6/30/2013 5:19 PM View respondent's answers
I knew I would have to stop eating animals when I became a big girl. At 18 I became totally vegan overnight in order to avoid harming animals
6/30/2013 4:37 PM View respondent's answers
I'm not
6/30/2013 3:59 PM View respondent's answers
just seemed right
6/30/2013 3:53 PM View respondent's answers
it goes further and deeper..as i learn
6/30/2013 3:32 PM View respondent's answers
other peoples' ludicrous attitudes towards anilams. I was NOT one of them.
6/30/2013 1:53 PM View respondent's answers
in the first year I fell off the wagon a few times but then learned more and re- committed
6/30/2013 1:23 PM View respondent's answers
But once I learned of the vegan ethic I immediately became vegan for animals!
6/30/2013 11:40 AM View respondent's answers
First vegetarian ( 6 months) the Vegan
6/30/2013 11:15 AM View respondent's answers
i am vegan in diet only
6/30/2013 7:56 AM View respondent's answers
Both #1 and #3.
6/30/2013 3:10 AM View respondent's answers
suddenly I decided to stop eating animals, but took some years to extend to clothing and products
6/30/2013 2:30 AM View respondent's answers
I was a vegetarian, tried veganism, watched Earthlings and stuck with it.
6/30/2013 2:27 AM View respondent's answers
I was born vegan, but mindlessly conformed to the society I was born into.
6/30/2013 1:28 AM View respondent's answers
Trying to be vegan
6/30/2013 12:09 AM View respondent's answers
When we found out a vegan diet may help my son we took him off the medication (with docs permission) and put him on a vegan diet straight away
6/29/2013 11:07 PM View respondent's answers
I was young and not motivated and then realized being vegetarian had no impact really and decided to go vegan.
6/29/2013 10:05 PM View respondent's answers
PETA videos
6/29/2013 6:09 PM View respondent's answers
It was a process. I always had a problem with killing animals, but didn't know how badly they were treated until I saw the "Why Vegan" brochure. Then it was an immediate commitment.
6/29/2013 5:49 PM View respondent's answers
It was only cheese and eggs that I finally gave up, the rest of the vegan ethic I was already living and had been for years
6/29/2013 5:02 PM View respondent's answers
It is natural for me to be a Vegan/not use animal products
6/29/2013 2:11 PM View respondent's answers
I tried (for a week in an adult campus) in the same time I heard about it and I've never got back to the "normal" eating way
6/29/2013 12:52 PM View respondent's answers
I was veggie & became vegan
6/29/2013 12:39 PM View respondent's answers
I am vegetarian making steps to reduce dairy intake.
6/29/2013 12:28 PM View respondent's answers
I watched a video on fur, went vegetarian immediately. Two weeks later, read brochures from PETA then went vegan.
6/29/2013 9:06 AM View respondent's answers
I was already vegetarian so the switch was easy.
6/29/2013 8:39 AM View respondent's answers
I started as a young child.
6/29/2013 7:53 AM View respondent's answers
did a month then was too painful to go back
6/29/2013 4:04 AM View respondent's answers
i was vegetarian since i was young
6/29/2013 3:54 AM View respondent's answers
Thought what makes this bird different from my pet one.
6/28/2013 11:21 PM View respondent's answers
I was a vegetarian for 35 years, then changed to Vegan and also only buy new clothing, products, and shoes that are vegan
6/28/2013 6:54 PM View respondent's answers
took me a year and then I became a full vegan
6/28/2013 6:23 PM View respondent's answers
I became vegeterian as a little child. As a teenager I decided to go vegan at some point of my life for philosophical-ethical reasons after reading the book, and after 2 years I discovered the cruelty of the industry and went vegan immediately.
6/28/2013 6:22 PM View respondent's answers
I was considering a vegan lifestyle, read about cows grieving for their calves and decided to make the change
6/28/2013 6:15 PM View respondent's answers
i first stopped buying non-vegan food and then stopped eating it
6/28/2013 5:32 PM View respondent's answers
went from vegetarian to vegan after realizing vegetarian isn't enough
6/28/2013 5:08 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian for 24 years, then I was educated about the "byproducts" of the dairy and egg industries, the male calves and male chicks and my heart broke.
6/28/2013 4:50 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian when I watched Earthlings and I went vegan but only lasted a few months at a time and would give into my cravings for cheese. But I finally went vegan again 10 months ago and it stuck this time!!
6/28/2013 4:32 PM View respondent's answers
Went vegan after watching videos e.g. Gary Yourofsky
6/28/2013 4:08 PM View respondent's answers
trial and error because there was no internet and I didn't know any vegans or vegetarians.
6/28/2013 3:55 PM View respondent's answers
I became vegetarian after I saw a video and the I started to search for more info that took me to my vegan life
6/28/2013 3:54 PM View respondent's answers
I jumped straight to vegan after cutting dairy out, but after being vegan cut out clothing and other things as much as the society lets.
6/28/2013 2:54 PM View respondent's answers
I am vegan in diet and try to where vegan clothing and such, but sometimes have to where non-vegan things due to lack of money.
6/28/2013 2:13 PM View respondent's answers
I was a vegetarian for six months first.
6/28/2013 1:31 PM View respondent's answers
Was a vegetarian for 4 years prior and when I did more research and learned the hypocrisy of my ways, I went vegan.
6/28/2013 12:25 PM View respondent's answers
i knew about veganism for a long time, then one day i decided to try it and i've stuck with it since then
6/28/2013 11:55 AM View respondent's answers
I wouldn't say I had an epiphany. Like mentioned above, a running learning process
6/28/2013 11:52 AM View respondent's answers
I went vegan for health reasons, then discovered how much it ethically meant to me as well.
6/28/2013 10:58 AM View respondent's answers
Was vegetarian for 5 years in steps, after 30 day vegan challenge I remained. Easy.
6/28/2013 10:33 AM View respondent's answers
Was vegetarian for 1 year prior
6/28/2013 10:31 AM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian for 20 years until I looked into veganism
6/28/2013 10:20 AM View respondent's answers
I've been vegetarian for years. Veganism was a gradual process for me.
6/28/2013 8:49 AM View respondent's answers
It took time after I first learned about it, to read more about veganism. Then I became vegan immediately.
6/28/2013 8:18 AM View respondent's answers
not fully Vegan yet but getting there. Vegan foods are not easily accessible in SA
6/28/2013 7:29 AM View respondent's answers
vegetarian since the 60's, now am embarrassed by not being vegan all those years
6/28/2013 7:26 AM View respondent's answers
I had been a vegetarian for five years prior, and made the switch to vegan when I felt the time was right for me
6/28/2013 7:03 AM View respondent's answers
But Earthlings and clips made big difference too.
6/28/2013 6:37 AM View respondent's answers
All together except for fish and honey! Fish cos my Cats loved fish and I'd share with them honey cos of an educational oversight! Had tough money issues since my mom died so when offered free clothes that are NOT Vegan I accept but not happy about that! Dont help that some Vegan's attack me for that until I say will you make sure I'm not naked them they block me! Sad and WRONG!
6/28/2013 6:28 AM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian for over 20 years but once I learnt about the dairy and eggs I went vegan
6/28/2013 6:20 AM View respondent's answers
Health reasons first (alkalization of the body using raw foods), then watched Earthlings, cried my eyes out in pure guilt & never touched animal products again
6/28/2013 6:11 AM View respondent's answers
it took me awhile to learn atrocities of egg&dairy industries
6/28/2013 6:04 AM View respondent's answers
It probably took a while for me to become more fully informed about which products are and aren't vegan, but I gave up dairy, eggs and honey immediately once I realised the harm I was doing.
6/28/2013 3:37 AM View respondent's answers
I had been vegetarian for years, but not realized the impact of dairy.
6/28/2013 2:56 AM View respondent's answers
It took me several "attempts" to find a way to make the vegan lifestyle work for me
6/28/2013 2:38 AM View respondent's answers
I watched Earthlings and went vegetarian overnight. It took me another three months to go vegan. I feel that was a good evolution for me.
6/28/2013 2:14 AM View respondent's answers
Was first vegetarian for a month, but went vegan after learning about the egg industry and the treatment of dairy cows.
6/28/2013 2:12 AM View respondent's answers
After watching Earthlings, I went vegetarian, then one day I made the connection between eggs and baby male chicks, and also veal calves being the by-product of the dairy farm. It might have been from a different documentary, but I can't remember which one
6/28/2013 2:02 AM View respondent's answers
i am vegan with the occasional break out into pizza. i was vegan in clothing and products before in diet.
6/28/2013 1:33 AM View respondent's answers
No epiphany
6/28/2013 1:04 AM View respondent's answers
I was a vegetarian first - till I gave up all Diary
6/28/2013 1:01 AM View respondent's answers
I watched Food, Inc after becoming vegan that cemented my choice
6/28/2013 12:19 AM View respondent's answers
My partner and I decided to go vegan eight years ago as a New Year's resolution because I felt guilty about animal suffering.
6/27/2013 11:57 PM View respondent's answers
I watched Fat Sick and Nearly Dead and became Vegan a month before starting a 30 day joe cross juice fast.
6/27/2013 11:01 PM View respondent's answers
Had been vegetarian for 8 years, then switched to veganism
6/27/2013 10:48 PM View respondent's answers
vegetarian for 27 yrs first
6/27/2013 9:58 PM View respondent's answers
Went vegetarian for a year, then when I felt ready watched Earthlings and went vegan the next day
6/27/2013 9:54 PM View respondent's answers
I was almost vegan (only eggs once every month) and watching Earthling was my push!
6/27/2013 9:50 PM View respondent's answers
could only watch first 33 mins of Earthlings, then could no longer see through my sobbing. Still took me steps to transition, now close to 100% vegan in diet (a small aamt. of dairy & egg get into me as ingredients in bread or veggie/bean burgers and I have yet to eliminate all products of cruelty, such as toothpaste, and other P&G products due to being financially insufficient to shop at health food stores.
6/27/2013 9:48 PM View respondent's answers
It took some processing of what I had read, but I then went from vegetarian to vegan
6/27/2013 9:41 PM View respondent's answers
I became vegetarian at 21 and vegan at 22.
6/27/2013 9:40 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian for years before the vegan light bulb went on
6/27/2013 8:29 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegan and went to a dinner to meet others and learned about factory farming.
6/27/2013 8:28 PM View respondent's answers
wasn't a choice
6/27/2013 8:02 PM View respondent's answers
my heart stopped & my doctor put me on a vegetarian diet & then Howie & Jesse inspired me to be vegan & I have stuck with it since 1998
6/27/2013 7:53 PM View respondent's answers
I went "vegan" immediately but missed a few things without realizing it for the first few months
6/27/2013 7:46 PM View respondent's answers
26+ vegetarian first
6/27/2013 7:28 PM View respondent's answers
vegucated
6/27/2013 7:21 PM View respondent's answers
After we moved from our small homestead to a smaller property, and then my husband died in an accident, I had some dreams about animals suffering. I don't usually have this kind of dream, nor am I prone to "spiritual" epiphanies-- so I paid attention to this one. I decided to stop eating meat and poultry, and shortly after gave up seafood, too. A few months later I decided that it really made sense to become a vegan, so I did, even though there was not much in the way of support at that time. Shortly after that, John Robbins' 1st book, "Diet for a New America" came out and it solidified my determination.
6/27/2013 7:15 PM View respondent's answers
Vegetarian for 11 years
6/27/2013 7:12 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian for about 4 years (never intending to be vegan) then finally gave in and made the transition
6/27/2013 7:12 PM View respondent's answers
I had never heard of veganism. I immediately have up meat, eggs as milk but it took me four months to give up cheese.
6/27/2013 7:07 PM View respondent's answers
I was practically vegan before I went from vegetarian to vegan. I mad sure not to eat anything that came from the killing of animals. I wasn't properly educated yet and eventually made the change to vegan when I wanted to be more realisitc with my ethics.
6/27/2013 7:00 PM View respondent's answers
I was already vegetarian and went vegan immediately
6/27/2013 6:58 PM View respondent's answers
Still learning
6/27/2013 6:49 PM View respondent's answers
Earthlings solidified my reason to go vegan, but I also accepted that the human body can survive just fine on plant based foods.
6/27/2013 6:45 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian 8 years, a vegan the wrong way for 1 and unhealthy, went vegetarian again another 4 years and last year went vegan again but better educated. Not one slip and healthy as a horse!
6/27/2013 6:42 PM View respondent's answers
I was a vegetarian for 12 years and embarrassed it took me so long to be vegan
6/27/2013 6:38 PM View respondent's answers
I went to a fully vegan lifestyle overnight
6/27/2013 6:38 PM View respondent's answers
After reading the article and having the intuitive experience, I went almost vegan overnight in all aspects except sadly I continued to eat fish for a couple more years because I wrongly thought fish did not feel pain. (Now, I can't believe that I actually thought that, and also didn't realize that fish want to live, just as we do! Except for eating fish :(, I would've been completely vegan.
6/27/2013 6:37 PM View respondent's answers
I went vegetarian because of my health, and transitioned to vegan
6/27/2013 6:25 PM View respondent's answers
Instantaneous.
6/27/2013 6:06 PM View respondent's answers
it's been an on and off thing since I was 10, but about a year ago I finally committed fully to raw veganism
6/27/2013 6:02 PM View respondent's answers
since 10 years of age, i ate no meat, and will not wear any animals
6/27/2013 5:50 PM View respondent's answers
vegan at thhat time, then back to vegetarian for a few years
6/27/2013 5:47 PM View respondent's answers
I thought I would need a transition period, but after a while I realized that I always avoided eggs, honey and dairy products since the day I made ​​the decision.
6/27/2013 5:42 PM View respondent's answers
I worked beside a feedlot
6/27/2013 5:41 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian before being vegan.
6/27/2013 5:28 PM View respondent's answers
Logical next step, was vegetarian since age 9.
6/27/2013 5:11 PM View respondent's answers
I stopped dairy+eggs (I'd already been strict veg for 14yrs) but honey, silk, wool etc came later
6/27/2013 4:39 PM View respondent's answers
It was a decision based on the realality of , the murder of...
6/27/2013 4:38 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian and wanted to try veganism for health first and then later discovered the cruelty of dairy and eggs too
6/27/2013 4:18 PM View respondent's answers
I had been a vegetarian for 7 years before I was vegan. This came from being more educated about the issues and having more vegan friends to share health tips/recipes with.
6/27/2013 3:57 PM View respondent's answers
I went from omnivore to vegan in a few weeks
6/27/2013 3:34 PM View respondent's answers
I was a vegetarian for 12 plus year and then took the right next step!
6/27/2013 3:20 PM View respondent's answers
Compassionate Cooks Podcast
6/27/2013 1:55 PM View respondent's answers
I was a vegetarian for 25 years before I understood the cruelty involved in the organic dairy and egg industry
6/27/2013 12:49 PM View respondent's answers
Vegetarian = Overnight. Vegan diet = Overnight. Pus in my milk - No thanks. I found about the plight of animals and veganism ethics after that, and since I had no guidance it took me a while to change some things, like using honey. So I am thankful to the volunteers who help spread information, especially to young people who genuinely have no clue about what they've been eating.
6/27/2013 12:30 PM View respondent's answers
I heard Erin Red on Citizen Radio explaining how cows need to be pregnant in order to milk them. Having never realised this before was alarming - how was I this disconnected from animals?
6/27/2013 10:29 AM View respondent's answers
I had heard about veganism
6/27/2013 9:53 AM View respondent's answers
I delayed becoming vegan because doctors told that if I ate soya I would be covered with psoriasis again (which I reduced near to nothing with acupuncture). When I saw what was going on for the animals I became vegan anyway: psoriasis disappeared completely.
6/27/2013 9:52 AM View respondent's answers
I first went vegetarian, then become vegan after conversing with vegan friends.
6/27/2013 8:23 AM View respondent's answers
once i learned the truth i stopped dairy
6/27/2013 8:22 AM View respondent's answers
it
6/27/2013 7:36 AM View respondent's answers
i went vegan after a year but it was because i lived with parents
6/27/2013 4:27 AM View respondent's answers
Vegetarian since age 11 however only discovered the truth about dairy at age 41! Went Vegan immediately!
6/27/2013 2:54 AM View respondent's answers
I didn't know it was wrong until after I did for health reasons
6/27/2013 2:39 AM View respondent's answers
vegetarian for 20 years prior to becoming vegan
6/27/2013 1:25 AM View respondent's answers
I did not have an epiphany.
6/27/2013 1:05 AM View respondent's answers
vegetarian immediately, vegan 2 yrs later.
6/27/2013 12:58 AM View respondent's answers
I'm flexi vegan as difficult to maintain without family support and conflicting societal ideas.
6/27/2013 12:34 AM View respondent's answers
I have been a vegetarian for about 23 years and a Vegan for about 7 years. Honey was the last non-vegan food I eliminated from my diet 7 years ago.
6/27/2013 12:20 AM View respondent's answers
I read Diet for a New America and went vegan.
6/27/2013 12:03 AM View respondent's answers
one and three above both apply.
6/26/2013 11:48 PM View respondent's answers
It was almost 40 yrs ago that I learned & I had no clue how to cook, or easy vegan options
6/26/2013 11:37 PM View respondent's answers
I watched Vegucated and went Vegan immediately
6/26/2013 11:30 PM View respondent's answers
Vegetarian 10 years prior, then I was exposed to all the insight of the AR community via Facebook and then went vegan.
6/26/2013 11:30 PM View respondent's answers
Was vegetarian in denial about veganism
6/26/2013 11:21 PM View respondent's answers
I believe in the fair treatment of all living creatures. Still trying to figure this out in regards ot my eating habits.
6/26/2013 11:00 PM View respondent's answers
I read info about the dairy industry. I don't know where I read it.
6/26/2013 10:49 PM View respondent's answers
vegetarian for 35 years. vegan for last two years
6/26/2013 10:49 PM View respondent's answers
The Animals Film + contact with several animal rights people
6/26/2013 10:29 PM View respondent's answers
If I could I'd check both the first and second options. I went vegetarian during the early 90's, and after a few years fell in with a group of vegan LLL moms, went vegan for a couple of years, then slid all the way back to McDonalds after leaving my husband, clawed my way back to veggie over the next 10 years, began collecting vegan books but couldn't read them (for 3 years or so), then went vegan instantly when I heard Will Tuttle's bookstore talk video about WPD.
6/26/2013 9:59 PM View respondent's answers
I simply listened to my soul
6/26/2013 9:46 PM View respondent's answers
I had already planned to be vegan and decided ahead of time to be vegan once I moved out of my parents house.
6/26/2013 9:40 PM View respondent's answers
There is no such thing as "vegan in diet".
6/26/2013 9:17 PM View respondent's answers
For the love of animals..it was easy!!!
6/26/2013 9:09 PM View respondent's answers
It took me 3 months to cut cheese from my diet.
6/26/2013 9:05 PM View respondent's answers
It was a slow transition. I was vegetarian for about 22 years and finally decided to go for it.
6/26/2013 8:32 PM View respondent's answers
Was 'vegetarian' for about 4 years prior
6/26/2013 8:29 PM View respondent's answers
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6/26/2013 8:28 PM View respondent's answers
I was pescitarian first and then moved to vegan
6/26/2013 8:12 PM View respondent's answers
but first I became a vegetarian
6/26/2013 8:12 PM View respondent's answers
I watched selected bits from Earthlings that were on someone's blog. 10 minutes and I was vegan.
6/26/2013 7:58 PM View respondent's answers
well, not immediately, but within 3 weeks.
6/26/2013 7:58 PM View respondent's answers
When I first read a flyer about veganism, it took me a couple of months to realize it was a moral obligation.
6/26/2013 7:52 PM View respondent's answers
stopped eating meat, a year later went vegan
6/26/2013 7:52 PM View respondent's answers
but long time vegetarian before i knew how the dairy and egg industry worked
6/26/2013 6:48 PM View respondent's answers
I always knew it was sad eating animals, I just decided to stop.
6/26/2013 6:38 PM View respondent's answers
I think if I would have known, I could have done it right away and wouldn't need steps. I was vegetarian 23 yrs - but that's bc I didn't know the cruelty behind egg and dairy. Once I went vegan, it was easy.
6/26/2013 6:23 PM View respondent's answers
I watched a video about animal industry by accident and went vegan
6/26/2013 6:20 PM View respondent's answers
I set a date to become vegan, then dove in 100%
6/26/2013 5:43 PM View respondent's answers
i was vegetarian for 16 yrs, a now friend came into my life and her gentle but educational informing and reminding me of what i believe in my heart and soud made me wake up, never turning back
6/26/2013 5:30 PM View respondent's answers
One day, after many times being vegetarian throughout my life, I just had enough of eating and using animal products.
6/26/2013 5:28 PM View respondent's answers
Once I learned the ethics I know I will stay vegan but it was plant-based diet that got me there.
6/26/2013 5:21 PM View respondent's answers
I became vegan soon after looking at the evidence for it. I did not have an 'epiphany', but simply changed my life slightly.
6/26/2013 5:02 PM View respondent's answers
It began with a book, "Gorgeously Green", which talked about cruelty-free products and it just went from there and here we are!
6/26/2013 4:38 PM View respondent's answers
I watched PETA's Meet Your Meat and went vegan
6/26/2013 4:04 PM View respondent's answers
as I learnt the realities so I eliminated
6/26/2013 3:29 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian before going vegan
6/26/2013 3:03 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian for a long time and gradually found it easier to change to vegan
6/26/2013 3:01 PM View respondent's answers
I was a vegetarian for 20 years before eliminating eggs/dairy and leather. I still eat honey.
6/26/2013 2:52 PM View respondent's answers
The Joe Cross film
6/26/2013 2:50 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian for 14 years, when I became vegan. Shortly after my boyfriend became vegetarian, we became vegan together.
6/26/2013 2:18 PM View respondent's answers
mostly vegan
6/26/2013 2:03 PM View respondent's answers
I am strict vegan for health, I wear leather, I don't care about the "ethics"
6/26/2013 2:00 PM View respondent's answers
I do not want to eat my friends, the animals
6/26/2013 1:43 PM View respondent's answers
I wanted to become vegan as soon as I found out about the cruelty but I needed to find out first what to do and what I could eat.Thats the only reason it wasnt instant for me,although I'd already made my mind up,instantly.
6/26/2013 1:38 PM View respondent's answers
i grew up a vegan through my own choice
6/26/2013 1:19 PM View respondent's answers
shoes and bags were the last step for me, not a hard one, just the money to replace goods i had
6/26/2013 1:18 PM View respondent's answers
even as a vegetarian I did not use animal products in clothing etc
6/26/2013 1:18 PM View respondent's answers
I try to follow vegan diet and in the process of extending to beyond diet
6/26/2013 12:27 PM View respondent's answers
It was originally health-related.
6/26/2013 12:17 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian for 31 years & finally got it & became vegan
6/26/2013 12:00 PM View respondent's answers
The video on meat.org
6/26/2013 11:40 AM View respondent's answers
My answer is B,C,D
6/26/2013 11:32 AM View respondent's answers
I am vegan in eating only
6/26/2013 11:06 AM View respondent's answers
I could not watch Earthlings...the trailer alone was horrific enough!
6/26/2013 11:01 AM View respondent's answers
It was a planned start date.
6/26/2013 10:55 AM View respondent's answers
I became vegetarian overnight, vegan a few years later.
6/26/2013 10:47 AM View respondent's answers
Earthlings was the film. Ishmael was the book re going vegetarian.
6/26/2013 10:14 AM View respondent's answers
*vegetarian - for 10 years ... :(
6/26/2013 9:45 AM View respondent's answers
was vegetarian and then expanded
6/26/2013 9:39 AM View respondent's answers
I phased out any non-vegan products but diet changed instantly.
6/26/2013 8:59 AM View respondent's answers
realised after forty years as a vegetarian that it just wasnt enough as i was drinking dairy
6/26/2013 8:17 AM View respondent's answers
2 hours at the fair... i was hooked
6/26/2013 8:01 AM View respondent's answers
i dunno...it was akin to a spiritual awakening
6/26/2013 7:46 AM View respondent's answers
I was always an ethical person with clothing and the environment so veganism was a logical next step.
6/26/2013 7:43 AM View respondent's answers
I watched Make it possible and became vegan immediatley
6/26/2013 7:32 AM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian first and did not know about vegan until a couple of years later. I never intended or tried to be vegan - it just gradually happened as my knowledge of food increased.
6/26/2013 7:06 AM View respondent's answers
I was an 'ethical' vegetarian til I finally understood the cruelty involved in the dairy industry.
6/26/2013 6:32 AM View respondent's answers
I became vegetarian, then vegan and followed by using non animal cruelty/experimentation products.
6/26/2013 5:27 AM View respondent's answers
I had a 2-month vegetarian phase, then transitioned to vegan
6/26/2013 5:21 AM View respondent's answers
I would have become vegan first before becoming vegetarian, and did shortly after I learned about it, because of the same reasons, compassion, caring, love for animals, avoiding pain and suffering to all non-human animals, too
6/26/2013 4:28 AM View respondent's answers
via Facebook
6/26/2013 4:16 AM View respondent's answers
Initially appauling of milk, then considered compassion for calves and cows, stoped buying dairy immediately but though to finish what I had: 40l milk, 2 kg cheese, 1 litre milk, it was not the same anymore I could barely enjoy it, so I threw the yogurt away, gave the milks and cheese to other people. took about three months.
6/26/2013 3:43 AM View respondent's answers
I heard about it a long time ago but never really understood why vegansim was so much better than being vegetarian until I looked into it and was sort of already on that path.
6/26/2013 3:31 AM View respondent's answers
I watched Forks over Knifes and immediately went vegan
6/26/2013 3:09 AM View respondent's answers
i watched PETA movies and went vegan.
6/26/2013 2:55 AM View respondent's answers
I decided to become Vegan with no prior interaction with other Vegans or Vegan media. I did not call myself Vegan until I had done research and removed non Vegan products from my life
6/26/2013 2:53 AM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian before I went vegan. This was because I was at that stage unaware of the vegan rationale, or that other animal products require the death and suffering of animals.
6/26/2013 2:41 AM View respondent's answers
totally vegan immediately in food & am extending to clothing etc as I replace
6/26/2013 2:36 AM View respondent's answers
6 months after vegetarian for ethics became vegan for health. Then learned about the ethics & everything else followed
6/26/2013 2:34 AM View respondent's answers
was first vegetarian but didn't use leather etc.
6/26/2013 2:24 AM View respondent's answers
I am going on 60 and went against my family as a child by refusing to eat bodies but it took me years to learn enough to become vegan. I didn't have the online media then. But am a "FIRST Do NO Harm' Vegan for years now and an activist too
6/26/2013 2:19 AM View respondent's answers
I am enjoying as a vegan! wooo
6/26/2013 1:57 AM View respondent's answers
After being a vegetarian for 15 years, it took some willpower to gradually switch - I am not yet 100% vegan but I am almost there, hopefully soon.
6/26/2013 1:11 AM View respondent's answers
blood
6/26/2013 1:00 AM View respondent's answers
I became a vegan without knowing what a vegan was :)
6/25/2013 11:34 PM View respondent's answers
I just became Vegan in diet, clothing will come as old clothes wear out.
6/25/2013 11:05 PM View respondent's answers
I was a vegetarian for 18yrs, i've been vegan for two
6/25/2013 10:57 PM View respondent's answers
NA for those who are Vegan by Birth
6/25/2013 10:54 PM View respondent's answers
once the decision was made, immediate vegan
6/25/2013 10:41 PM View respondent's answers
Vegetarian for environment, then vegan for animals
6/25/2013 10:41 PM View respondent's answers
I was a vegetarian for 25 years and gradually became vegan.
6/25/2013 10:39 PM View respondent's answers
i watched Vegucated then Earthlings and became vegan immesiately. Was already pescatarian.
6/25/2013 10:33 PM View respondent's answers
I was raised in a vegetarian home, but was not raised vegan
6/25/2013 10:26 PM View respondent's answers
i was veggie in 1994 without internet. by 1997 i had discovered vegan
6/25/2013 10:15 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian for 15 years before going vegan.
6/25/2013 10:09 PM View respondent's answers
went vego (2yrs) then vegan (after realising dairy and eggs are heinously cruel
6/25/2013 10:07 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian first for many years then transitioned to vegan...
6/25/2013 10:04 PM View respondent's answers
I have occasional slip ups (cheese!) but I do my best with it and I'm currently eating 98% vegan on a daily basis, if not 100% on most days
6/25/2013 9:46 PM View respondent's answers
They were short steps. It did not take long.
6/25/2013 9:14 PM View respondent's answers
I became vegan immediately than gave up after a month, then tried again and succeeded
6/25/2013 9:08 PM View respondent's answers
Since diet was somewhat controlled by my family when I was little, I didn't became a total vegan overnight. I did always do my best to avoid leather and fur, even silk, from a young age, and boycotted products that were tested on animals as much as possible as a child. My mum, who was not vegan or vegetarian (she is vegetarian now - but closer to vegan for the most part) stopped taking me to the circus at age 4 after reading about how the elephants are treated, so I know she cares about the animals greatly, too.
6/25/2013 8:59 PM View respondent's answers
once i realized how bad he dairy industry was, I went vegan quickly
6/25/2013 8:57 PM View respondent's answers
I became vegetarian at age 14, and then became vegan at age 19.
6/25/2013 8:55 PM View respondent's answers
I'm not there yet but I educate myself through facebook
6/25/2013 8:50 PM View respondent's answers
former vegetarian - 1 year to transition to vegan
6/25/2013 8:44 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian first, then moved to veganism shortly thereafter.
6/25/2013 8:35 PM View respondent's answers
Was vegetarian for 20+years, had a conversation about the dairy industry and looked it up, went vegan immediately
6/25/2013 8:26 PM View respondent's answers
I was a vegetarian for a year, before going vegan.
6/25/2013 8:19 PM View respondent's answers
Was vegetarian until watching the documentary "Vegucated", then went fully vegan.
6/25/2013 8:18 PM View respondent's answers
It has taken many steps and years
6/25/2013 8:14 PM View respondent's answers
Watched Forks Over Knives
6/25/2013 8:14 PM View respondent's answers
heath reasons
6/25/2013 8:09 PM View respondent's answers
As above, bring Vegan was my New Year Resolution 9 years sgo
6/25/2013 8:08 PM View respondent's answers
Earthlings helped me extend it
6/25/2013 8:04 PM View respondent's answers
first I was vegetarian for 1 year, and becoming vegan was easy after that
6/25/2013 8:03 PM View respondent's answers
Was a vegetarian for almost 17 years and had been interested in veganism, and took some steps towards it. However when I read about what the dairy and egg industry really was I went vegan the same day and gave away the food I didn't want to eat anymore.
6/25/2013 7:57 PM View respondent's answers
I was a vegetarian, then eased into veganism- at home, then in restaurants, then personal care products
6/25/2013 7:52 PM View respondent's answers
I realised I could be labelled as hypocritical if I asked others to reduce their environmental impact without doing all I could myself first.
6/25/2013 7:50 PM View respondent's answers
Did not take long though.
6/25/2013 7:49 PM View respondent's answers
It was just time.
6/25/2013 7:38 PM View respondent's answers
I was a vegetarian for 7 years. It wasn't until I had my first child that I made the connection between cows milk being meant for a calf and that we were exploiting these animals.
6/25/2013 7:36 PM View respondent's answers
also had to transition due to digestive issues
6/25/2013 7:16 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian prior to going vegan
6/25/2013 7:15 PM View respondent's answers
Transitioning slowly is best so you don't get frustrated and you can find ways to swap things from your life out with new vegan things.
6/25/2013 7:00 PM View respondent's answers
I actually went clothing and products before diet.
6/25/2013 6:59 PM View respondent's answers
It took overnight to give up everything except milk, that took me about a month.
6/25/2013 6:57 PM View respondent's answers
Watch Gary and other videos and went vegan immediately but took a year to fully figue it all out, and have spent the last three years researching the ethics and ideals, and all the facets of the for and against. Abolitionist ethical self reliant veganic sustainable vegan.
6/25/2013 6:50 PM View respondent's answers
Vegetarian for 30 years, then Vegan
6/25/2013 6:47 PM View respondent's answers
Transition from vegetarian to vegan
6/25/2013 6:43 PM View respondent's answers
Once i learnt about the cruelty i went vegan immediately
6/25/2013 6:37 PM View respondent's answers
Read Q/A #1. After one year of being vegetarian, I became vegan. It just made all the sense in the world after really examining animal cruelty, health and environmental concerns. 2013 marks 13 years being vegan.
6/25/2013 6:31 PM View respondent's answers
thev cruelty and oppression of living beings digusted me
6/25/2013 6:27 PM View respondent's answers
I was born to a vegan mother and raised vegan.
6/25/2013 6:25 PM View respondent's answers
I started to naturally gravitate away from eating animal products until I was down to eating either fish or chicken once a week. I asked myself why I was eating it at all, and just stopped!
6/25/2013 6:23 PM View respondent's answers
I was Vegetarian since age 7. I only ate dairy, then I become a mother and breast feeding connected the dots.
6/25/2013 6:09 PM View respondent's answers
i was vegetarian for 4 years, then went vegan after seeing a post on facebook
6/25/2013 6:08 PM View respondent's answers
I was long term vego and had always planned to transition onto vegan. one day i was reading on the AA website and decided it was time.
6/25/2013 6:04 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian for 9 years and when my cat died I made the connection and went vegan
6/25/2013 5:52 PM View respondent's answers
I was lacto vegetarian for 20 years until I read anarticle about the organic dairy industry being as horrific as not-organic..went vegan that second!
6/25/2013 5:46 PM View respondent's answers
Stumbled a lot becoming vegan, but wasn't exactly "steps"
6/25/2013 5:43 PM View respondent's answers
I was vegetarian, watched the speech and went vegan.
6/25/2013 5:39 PM View respondent's answers
I was veggie for 9 years prior to veganism and tried veganism a couple of times. I didn't really research it though, and once I did I became vegan immediately.
6/25/2013 5:36 PM View respondent's answers