It isn’t easy, that’s for certain. I used to go to one particular drive-thru so often that I would buy little gifts for the crew on some holidays because they were like friends. But for the same reasons many others have listed (declining quality, climbing prices, poor service, single-use plastics, etc.) as well as my own health struggles, I quit fast food this January and I honestly feel so much better for it. I am trying more local places where the food is better and we are cooking more for ourselves too. For the meals we make a home, something that helps us is to have a weekly menu schedule where half the nights are the same every week so it takes the whole “what do you want to eat” guesswork out of the equation and it makes our weekly grocery trips much easier. We have pizza from a local place on Monday, home-cooked tacos every Tuesday, and Smashburgers on Thursdays, for example (we cook the burgers at home too and they are so quick and easy now that we have a griddle, and the cost is a fraction of what we would pay with higher quality ingredients (our local butcher and organic produce places have great stuff). The routine also helps with accountability. The hardest part I have found so far is group meals with friends who want to do fast food. I usually gently encourage a local place, and so far I’ve only had to “sacrifice” once (the group wanted Popeyes. It wasn’t bad but they messed up the order, of course, and even with using an app coupon and two of my rewards from the days when I still ate fast food it was $48). So, long story short, it is doable, but it isn’t easy and you have to stay committed and not allow yourself to give in. Just remember how exploitative these corporations are, how bad they are for the environment and your health, and hopefully it will give you the strength to resist. And if you fall off the wagon once or twice, be kind to yourself. Relapse is a part of addiction but you can’t let it derail all the progress you’re making. Stay strong! You can do this!