Step 1: I am powerless over my stutter and my life has become unmanageable. Also step 1: I am powerless over alcohol and drugs and my life has become unmanageable. Step 2: Came to believe that a Power Greater than Myself could restore me to sanity. What helped me was going to meetings and turning my life over to my Higher Power. Also my sponsor helped immensely. Also I was introduced to two speech prosthetics: The Edinburgh Masker and the Delayed Auditory Feedback (DAF) and they made a big improvement in my speech.