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If energy is stored in chemical bonds, and bond formation is always an exothermic process, doesn't that imply that bond formation both stores and releases energy? How is this possible? I'm clearly not understanding some basic tenet of chemistry. For example, H+ and OH- neutralize to form H2O.
The breaking of bonds always involves the absorption of energy (conversely the formation of bonds always releases energy) If subsequently during the reaction more energy gets released by the formation of new bonds than was absorbed the process is called exothermic, it makes its immediate surroundings warmer.