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From: Jim Abbott
Date: 10/18/01
Time: 4:06:30 AM
Remote Name: 166.90.230.148
In answer to your question; not in the least. These poems that I try to write, do, of course, contain a lot of myself in them, but mostly they are a amalgam of the thoughts, feelings and stories of all of my fellow stutterers. As far as me personnaly, I have, over the years, become a fairly mild to moderate stutterer. I can usually control my speech when the situation warrants it. Not that I'm bragging; as I don't think fluent speech is anything to brag on or be proud of. Just as I don't think that disfluent speech is anything to be ashamed of. Stuttering just is. As far as a formal treatment plan; I did go thru speech therapy some 8 years ago. That's what led me down the road to becoming a recovering stutterer. Effective speech therapy, acceptence of my stuttering and a whole lot of self head shrinking have helped me immensely.