There are many parts to how I overcame stuttering and that was a very small part that I feel over time made a difference. The first thing I did was become a “closet” (word substituting) stutterer as best I could. I avoided certain words and sounds and used different words that meant basically the same thing. I avoided certain situations as well. I felt doing this could help me get through without the despair and could also help to give me more positive speaking time to establish more belief that I could. For example instead of me saying “I will take that” (T words were feared words for me) I would say “I will grab that”. This is not always ideal but it seemed to be good enough to got me through the day. I got very proficient at it but I still got caught when I couldn’t word substitute. That was my step one though.