Are you really fluent though? Or are you just able to seem fluent to people listening? People who are born fluent are able to speak fluently without any strategies, techniques, or even thinking about it at all. They just open their mouth and speak fluently without any effort whatsoever. In short, fluent people are able to speak *using their completely natural voice*, AND not experience any kind of struggle or anxiety or embarrassment. Unless that describes you, you can’t say you’ve “achieved fluency.” The real question is not if are you fluent or not… But rather, are you comfortable with your natural voice or not? Are you able to speak spontaneously and easily for all purposes, without negative emotions related to fluency or stuttering? The answer to those questions can be “yes” even while stuttering.