It was really always a question of “what meat will I be having with this meal?” rather than “will I be having meat with this meal?”. This small shift in perspective, in awareness, really cemented the progress I had made.

See, as far as regulatory bodies are concerned, “organic” just means that a food was grown without chemicals (herbicide, fungicide, or pesticides). Or in some cases, like “organic” potatoes in the USA, it means only a minimum of chemical applications. Yes, really.

You thought you were just going out for groceries so you could stop eating out so much - you are really trying to be part of the solution. Strangely enough, here you are with a pile of soy sauce packets and a near-tanked bank balance, unable to shake the vague sense of guilt that you might actually just be part of the problem.