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From: CHARLTON V. KNOWLES
Date: 20 Oct 2006
Time: 13:27:51 -0500
Remote Name: 24.244.187.133
Dear Tony, What part of the UK your'e from? I recently spend two weeks there, during that heat wave in July and drove from London to St. Andrew's via the west coast of England. Beautiful country, never drank so much beer.Your current position in life vis - a- vis stuttering is so similar to mine. In my own right I have I think achieved great success in life, not only in business but as a person. I have a great deal to be proud of and the feed back coming from my family, friends, child, wife and my peers in business confirms this. Every person I come into contact with interacts with me the same way they would interact I think with any other person who did not stutter. They see AROUND my stuttering and to them, my stuttering doesn't define me. My wife ofetn ask me, do I think I will ever leave stuttering alone and just live my life? Very good question. I think how you feel, based on your comments to John and the others, is similar to my thinking; which is I have been able to be quite fluent in formal therapy and immediately after, using techniques, only to see the level of modified speech dwindle. The control of stuttering in therapy was so liberating and words just flowed, only to have to go back to choppy speech. That for me is what I find so difficult to accept. I reason that if i am able to have such a high degree of fluency in therapy, i should be able to maintain that, post- therapy in my home environment. Furthermore, I reason that I have been "successful" in virtually every other areas of my life, then I should be able to be "successful" in controlling my stuttering more consistly than I am able to do just now. This is the part a non stutterer doesn't understand. And perhaps only a few Therapist who do.I don't know if you would agree with me in part or in full, but your comments would be welcomed. Incidently, if you don't mind we could exchange e mail addresses and keep in contact. my address is cvk@sbarrobahamas.com Sincerely, Charlton