| There are many people in the world who suffer | | | | will have a happy and successful future |
| with a stutter, which is a form of speech | | | | together.I now feel free, like a weight has |
| impediment. I myself had a stutter for | | | | been lifted from my shoulders. My self |
| eighteen years, however at the age of | | | | confidence and self esteem levels have |
| twenty-two, I managed to achieve fluency. | | | | increased no end.When I had the stutter, I |
| This article looks into how to cure a stutter | | | | always seemed to accept second best. It |
| and what my life is like, now I have overcome | | | | affected every decision I made, I left school |
| the stutter.People who stutter at times seek | | | | because of the stutter, dated girls which to |
| a way to overcome their speech problem, as | | | | be truthful, not only did I not feel |
| having a stutter can at times make life a | | | | attracted to, but did not particularly find |
| struggle. There are many types of therapy for | | | | interesting. My stuttering mind convinced me |
| stuttering, including stutter cure courses or | | | | that I could do no better. I was unhappy |
| traditional speech therapists.Since | | | | where I worked, but just accepted it; I did |
| overcoming my own stutter, I am now able to | | | | not feel able to put myself through the |
| order food and drink for example, without | | | | interview process again.I now only accept the |
| fear of stuttering or stammering as some | | | | best and my life has improved tremendously.In |
| people call it. I am able to talk on the | | | | general, what fluency has given me is:1. |
| telephone and am able to enjoy socialising | | | | Confidence |
| without the fear of stuttering. I have become | | | | |
| a more positive and happy person, life is no | | | | 2. Happiness |
| longer the battle it once used to be. I | | | | |
| appreciate my speech compared with the | | | | 3. Contentment |
| average fluent person, who do not realise how | | | | |
| lucky they are. I have even been accused of | | | | 4. Optimism |
| talking too much, but this is something I | | | | |
| will never apologise for - when I had a | | | | 5. Success |
| stutter I hardly spoke at all.Six years ago I | | | | |
| met my present girlfriend, Sharron, who has | | | | 6. Relaxation |
| an eleven-year-old daughter, called Taryn. | | | | |
| Together we have a son who is five years old, | | | | 7. A positive outlook on life |
| called Ethan.What attracted me to Sharron was | | | | |
| her positive outlook on life and I am sure we | | | | 8. |