| Do you have a speech problem or speech | | | | At the age of sixteen, I became drunk for the |
| impediment? I have managed to overcome a | | | | first time. The results were quite amazing as I |
| stutter which had had a major negative affect on | | | | could now talk really well. The alcohol had given |
| my life for eighteen years. This article describes | | | | me a huge but somewhat false confidence boost. |
| about how to overcome a speech problem and | | | | The fear of stuttering disappeared and the words |
| how to achieve fluency. | | | | began to flow. |
| According to recent figures around one percent | | | | Unfortunately the fluency did not continue in the |
| of British people suffer from the speech | | | | morning. Feeling very tired and hungover, my |
| impediment known as stuttering. Stuttering can | | | | speech impediment returned in a big way. The |
| also be known in some regions as stammering. | | | | previous nights experience had though, for the |
| I myself had a stutter from the age of four and | | | | first time given me a belief that one day I could |
| during the period when I had the speech | | | | possibly eradicate my stutter. |
| impediment, I had a fear of certain words | | | | It goes without saying that you should not be in a |
| beginning with certain letters. Any words which | | | | permanent drunken physical state, however that |
| began with "b" were especially hard to say. I also | | | | what I needed to do was to be in a permanently |
| had a fear saying words which began with d, v, g, | | | | drunk mental state, for example I had to stop |
| and p. The way I would cope with these words | | | | worrying so much. |
| was by either avoiding them or by findng an | | | | There are many forms of stutter treatments out |
| alternative word to say. This was not always | | | | there including tradional speech therapy, group |
| easy and these difficult words were always on | | | | speech courses, one to one speech courses, and |
| my mind. My goal was to eventually be able to | | | | even hypnotherapy. I personally believe that the |
| say all words without any fear. | | | | way to go is one to one speech courses as |
| Many different situations would be affected by | | | | every person who has a stutter is an individual |
| the stutter, for example I found job interviews | | | | and has an individual stutter. |
| very stressful as I would stutter more when I | | | | There is also self help stuttering therapies available |
| was under pressure. | | | | via stuttering ebooks and dvds. |