As a youngster I was told on more than one occasion that “there is not a cure for stammering”. The people who were telling me this were the so called professionals; speech therapists and the like. I, you see, was somebody who had a stammer; I had developed the problem as a young boy at the age of just four. To hear this news that was effectively telling me that I would have a stammer for the rest of my life was some what annoying – to say the least! Despite these people’s negativity I decided to ignore what they had said and continued on in my search for fluency.
 
What I could not understand was the fact that at times I could talk as well as anybody. For example when talking to myself I was totally fluent. Surely there was something in this; if I could talk fluently to myself then I should be able to talk fluently to everybody. The speech therapists negativity could have proven to be the final nail in the coffin; in the same way that it no doubt has to many other people who have this form of speech impediment. I would not let this happen as I could not face the prospect of having the stammer for another year yet alone for every year of my life.
 
I worked very hard in my quest to stop stammering. I had to keep believing that I could overcome the speech impediment. Yes there were many a time when I wanted to give up and to just accept the stammer. This however is what the “demons” wanted me to do. These demons are similar to the devil and I am far to educated to fall for their stupid mind games.
 
This article has, I am very pleased to announce, a happy ending as at the age of twenty-two I did manage to attain fluency. Eighteen years of stammering were now behind me and the future looked bright.
 
I am now aged thirty-five and I have now enjoyed fluency for the last thirteen years. I still remember how I felt living life with a stammer and also how I felt when those negative speech therapists told me that there was not a cure for stammering!