I feel bad about not eating only halal meat?

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I'm 16, and a guy. I'm also Muslim. And my religion only allows eating of meat that comes from an animal that was ritually slaughtered, meaning God's name was invoked before killing it, and the jugular vein was sliced with a quick incision, draining it of blood. That way, the meat has the blessings of God, and the meat is free of blood. I often like to eat fast food meat and I live in the USA, so of course I am breaking the rules. What techniques and methods could I use to break this habit???

I don't know where you live, but in most of the U.S., this could pose a problem for you. My approach to fast food is, I don't really know what's in it, so I don't eat it. If you have a large Muslim ( or Orthodox Jew) population in your area, you could potentially have access to good, safe food that doesn't violate your religious principles.

Don't know about the US, but here in Europe, ritual halal slaughter does not live up to the standards of ethical animal treatment, and thus all halal meat produced in Europe is slaughtered just like regular meat, but with a short prayer said by a imam (I think). Always thought that was a bit of a middle-finger to muslims trying to eat halal, but the resolution was apparently reached with insight by western muslims, so there's that.

Personally, I don't think a loving God is going to be so rigidly legalistic as to punish you if you can't find something to eat that's been slaughtered in one particular ritual way or another.

It is not free of blood thought. What do you think the cooking juices the come out of meat when you cook it? Or the colour?

Draining the veins and arteries is pretty much how all animal are processed for meat, the only differnce is the order it is done.

Sikhs cannot have halal meat, the method is against their religion. In the Sikh religion the animal must be killed in one blow severing the spinal cord (usually decapitation), they believe it more humane to kill it this way.

In the UK there has been controversy of halal not being labeled, and being done where meat is used in various product, even if some of it wasn't marketed as such.

Wild animals killed with bow an arrow, or bullets can be Halal if the right procedure is followed.