Hi All - I need to share

This has been an extremely difficult week for me. Not going into many details, I will say I have been experiencing the news of people dying this week. One I didn't know at all, but admired; one I haven't seen or spoke to in a long time, but always liked and respected, and another who just made her passing early this morning who I've known a long time and loved very much. Her funeral is this week. My point in posting this is not once have I thought about smoking. Yes, I am upset. Yes, I am grieving. Yes, this is LIFE. Stuff happens. Almost two years ago, I lost one of my closest friends. I almost gave up my quit at the same time. But I hung on, knowing nothing would bring my friend back, especially smoking.Today, death still happens,stop smoking, obviously, but smoking doesn't enter my mind as a way of coping. If you hang on to your quit. this will be your reality too. sorry to be such a downer, but I thank the Universe on a daily basis for this board and having a place to go and vent and share instead of smoke.KTQ - you are so worth it!RitaTwo years, five months, one week, two days, 18 hours,quit smoking now, 52 minutes and 8 seconds. 17815 cigarettes not smoked, saving $3,117.61. Life saved: 8 weeks, 5 days, 20 hours, 35 minutes.