Changing stuttering habits takes time, dedication, effort and a lot of other traits. It means coming out of one's comfort zone and making a complete change of lifestyle. We're all on our own journeys here, we all have different stengths and weaknesses. Some people just can't handle the weight of a larger comfort zone at this current stage in their life, and that's okay. Some people will prefer to just take very small steps, others will take leaps. I agree though, you can "overcome" it but not really to the extent of being fluent, at least I feel anyway. There's too much emphasis on fluency within the stuttering community. I believe if we start concentrating on actually saying what we want to say, in a way that's understandable rather than how fluent we are, we are on a path to success. There's many techniques out there than give people the power to do this. They just have to be harnessed correctly. There's no magic cure, that's the reality of it, so why aim for this magic cure? Adaptation surely is the only way forward. Someone who loses a leg doesn't focus on eventually having a new leg again, that person adapts. He/she will use what resource they can in order to live the best life they can in that situation. I took on this attitude and I've never looked back. So the first step to actually overcoming your stutter is throwing fluency out the window. Set a goal of being able to get your point across instead. And if a level of fluency comes after that, well hurray! But again, most people will come to a stage in their life when they will realize this themselves. Constant avoidance, constant word subsitution, constant fear. It's the same cycle, continue to live in that cycle and nothing will improve. A change in mentality will only bring forth positive change in your life. Regardless of the effort, if you want your life to improve, you will just have to stop running from your stutter and face it. Every stuttering person who has improved their life has had to do the same thing.