“Breaking the Chains” starts off where “If I fell” ended, and is an illustration at how friendships develop, devolve, and sometimes end. From diffidence to recklessness, follow John as he tries to navigate the choppy waters that is college life at Umass, Amherst. From trying to overcome his fears and phobias, to meeting the friend of a lifetime, this story encapsulates what life was like, coming of age, for an awkward, shy, introvert, in the nineteen eighties.