***"So don't lose hope, please. I know stuttering may seem like a curse but it's not."*** For some people (like me), it is a definite curse. Great that you didn't start stuttering until age 14, so you had the gift of fluency for quite a while. Some people have never known what it is to be fluent for any length of their life. I've never known what it is to NOT stammer, as i've been one since i could open my mouth to utter words. Great for those whose stutter gets better with time, or even goes away completely. I'm pushing two-score in age, and my propinquity with fluency is as close as the distance between the heavens and earth. Let me put it this way. If i were to sprain my ankle stepping on a lamp and a genie appeared, and in gratitude granting me just one wish, i wouldn't wish for world peace or the cure for AIDS or youthful immortality or a million British pounds....i would wish to never (have a) stutter, and all the pain, anguish, sorrow and misery it has married to me all my life. Le sigh...