You are amazing…and wise. Until we are able to conquer this condition, self acceptance is our only hope for happiness. That’s never to say to give up on formal speech therapy or self help, or hope, but to realize that even with those interventions we might not become fluent. I’m a 78f with a mild stutter since early childhood. I recently decided not to pursue an opportunity for evaluation and therapy at our local university medical school. I’ve had a wonderful life despite my stuttering; a 54-year marriage to the most amazing man I’ve ever known and two successful, happy adult children despite non fluency. I believe there comes the time in every life, after every effort has been made, to accompany this with self-acceptance. New treatments, and research methods arise and we can hope those will be our answer, but until then, in addition to all our efforts, self acceptance is beneficial.