Reminds me of a story Stuttering John told about meeting a young guy who stuttered. The guy liked this girl, wanted to ask her out, but was really nervous about stuttering on their first date. John recommended that he carry a notepad and pen (This was before smartphones). That way, if he hit a bad block and just absolutely couldn't get the words out, he'd have the notepad as a backup. But what's even better is that knowing you have that backup puts you at such ease that your speech often ends up more fluent anyway.