Was it a one-time sudden realization, a nagging feeling you couldn't get rid of, or a back-and-forth process?
For me, it was 5 or so years of back-and-forth waffling between vegan and "reducitarian/VAH" before a very strong dose of magic mushrooms a few years ago gave me a stern kick in the ass about my own ethics and hypocrisy, which is how I finally stayed vegan. The same trip was the beginning of my political radicalization left as well.
Similar story for me. Realized the vegans were right but I only understood it in an abstract, cerebral way. Ended up being "flexitarian" for a while. Then I experienced ego death on LSD and came back with a greater gut-level appreciation for the interconnection between myself and everything/everyone else. Been strict vegan ever since that day, almost three years ago
idk why peta doesn't just give out psychedelics. ego death is good for veganism and the animals.
Imagine if they put LSD in the vaccine :soviet-bashful: