[mccoure]

I've been stuttering since a child and still do so . Therapy as a kid did help me a little bit but I know its never going to go away . I'm not going to get into how speaking to girls/taking calls and presentations is not only difficult but also crippling especially when you see the person you address run out of patience and complete the sentence for you . Its affected me a lot and I dont think I'll ever be able to get over the social anxiety . So i started compensating by throwing myself into books and music as an escape mechanism . When that didnt help much I started drinking heavily and doing drugs . I still do drugs and drink to avoid the embaressemnt around my speech impediment and the fact that I dont stutter when I speak , but not as heavily as I used to . I've just stopped caring what people think at this point in time and still give conference talks and take interviews

[mccoure]

What i would be interested in knowing from people who have been stuttering for years now is how they deal with it on a daily basis apart from not giving a damn