I fully agree that gaining a sense of empowerment and control is essential on becoming more fluent - i've said something similar in my [post about a book for self-therapy](https://www.reddit.com/r/Stutter/comments/6fnfn0/selftherapy_for_the_stutterer_free/?st=J3UR6YI2&sh=0d46446d).i think it's important to spread the awareness that *anyone* can learn how to control their speech and become fluent to a certain extent if there's a will to work on it every single day, **that** is guaranteed. However, becoming 100% stutter-free is **not guaranteed** - no matter how much effort one might put into practice. Does that mean we should all stop trying to bring the best out of our speech? On the contrary. All i'm saying is that feelings of discontent, progress and succes re. stuttering are extremely relative - there's just no point in generalizing the end goal for PWS. Other than that i do appreciate what you're saying, no one should let themselves get discouraged by setbacks or a lack of results. This stuff takes time, and it requires so much discipline and patience. On the long run, the hard work will definitely pay off one way or another.