Breathe Again — Where Smoke ends, Life Begins
— Coming Soon
A forthcoming novel by D. Nicholas
A life rebuilt one breath at a time.
Breathe Again is the intimate, honest, and often sharply humorous story of a man who walked away from decades of smoke—and toward the person he thought he’d lost forever. D. Nicholas takes you through the raw cravings, the quiet victories, the unexpected humor, and the returning colors of life after addiction. Whether you’re fighting your own battle or supporting someone through theirs, this story will stay with you.
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About the Book
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Breathe Again explores the emotional landscape of addiction,
healing, and becoming. Through quiet introspection and
sharp honesty, the novel follows a man standing between
the life he's known and the life he could reclaim.
It is a story about breath—how we lose it, how we fight
for it, and how we slowly learn to take it back.
The book examines the memories that cling to us, the
habits that shape us, and the resilience needed to rebuild
yourself one decision at a time.
Themes Explored
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• Addiction and self-destruction
• Moments of clarity that change everything
• Emotional recovery and rebuilding
• The unseen impact of trauma
• The quiet humor found in hardship
• Choosing yourself, even when it hurts
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From the Author
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I didn’t write Breathe Again to give answers.
I wrote it to explore the weight people carry, the habits
that shape us, and the quiet moments that force us to choose
who we want to become.
This story grew out of years of watching how pain lingers,
how resilience hides in unexpected places, and how a single
decision can break or rebuild a life.
If this book finds you at a moment when you need breath —
or courage — I hope it gives you a place to rest for a while.
— D. Nicholas
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A First Look Into the Story
Book Insights
Breathe Again is not a story about addiction alone — it’s a story about the moments that break us and the quiet choices that begin to rebuild us. At its heart, the novel explores how a habit becomes a hiding place, how breath becomes a burden, and how confronting the truth can change the shape of a life.
The book follows a man standing at a crossroads between the person he has become and the person he still hopes to be. Through memory, reflection, and the slow return of clarity, his journey reveals how deeply our past shapes our present — and how healing rarely arrives all at once.
This is a novel built on questions rather than answers.
What do we run from?
What do we cling to?
Who do we become when we choose ourselves again?
Breathe Again invites the reader into that fragile space where pain and possibility meet — a space where smoke begins to clear, and life begins to take form again.
From the Pages of
Breathe Again
“Some moments hit you so
quietly that you don’t even
feel them land.
And then there are the other
moments — the ones that
shake loose the dust you
thought you'd already buried.”
From the Pages of Breathe Again
There’s a moment,
just before the first breath
breaks the silence,
when the world feels suspended —
as if it’s waiting to see what
you choose next. I used to run from
that moment. Now I stand inside
it, letting it burn, letting it tell the
truth I kept avoiding