Born into a turbulent and dysfunctional family—and surrounded by adults who were regularly using marijuana, alcohol, cocaine, heroin and crystal meth—Nick Terry TNT bounced around the Pacific Northwest throughout the 1980s, going to 13 different schools before being expelled in 10th grade.
By his teens, Nick entered a life of addiction and crime and was desperate to escape before ending up dead or in prison. To avoid pending legal charges, Nick fled to Hawaii where he became a father—but his unchecked drug use continued to eat away at his life and family. After multiple attempts at sobriety through traditional treatment and 12-Step recovery, Nick found success through full surrender and commitment to the process—but after four years of sobriety, he hit a wall. A breakthrough came when he discovered breathwork, which he came to believe is the missing piece of the recovery puzzle.
In Breath of Life: Finding Long-Term Recovery with Breathwork and Stepwork, Nick shares how he transformed from wayward addict to breathwork and recovery life coach, and offers his holistic, much-needed perspective on how others can do the same.
In homage to the Big Book of AA, Breath of Life is divided into sections explaining:
• Nick's harrowing, decades-long battle with addiction and what turned it around
• 8 spiritual principles of lasting recovery blending holistic teachings and traditional stepwork
• A beginner's approach to breathwork and morning routines (used by Nick himself)
• Firsthand stories from recovering addicts who have benefitted from Nick's approach
• A breathwork appendix with conscious breathing, cyclical sighing and Breath of Life exercises (and more)
In the end, Breath of Life draws on 12-Step teachings, ancient spiritual wisdom, modern science and Nick's raw life experience to forge an effective and holistic new recovery path. The result is a genre-defying, holistic recovery handbook that synthesizes all existing paradigms, all while adding a much needed breath of fresh air.
Nick Terry TNT is a certified life coach, certified breathwork practitioner, intervention consultant and an author. He is also the cofounder of Honu House Hawaii, a residential rehab facility in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, and the owner of Breath of Life Recovery, a wellness consulting practice offering breathwork, cold water therapy and wellness modalities. Since getting sober in 2014, Nick has worked for more than eight years in the field of addiction and mental health treatment. He and his wife Paulina live with their two daughters Coco and Steisha in Maui, which he has called home for 22 years. Breath of Life is his first book.
