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I do it. I also smoke a lot of weed so I usually get super high and take a couple shots then go for the interview. I agree I feel more relaxed and I get more fluent so I dont see anything wrong with i...

I find if I have a few good stiff drinks the night before the interview helps. I find the slight hang-over eliminates the stutter and I can focus on giving the best answers....

I think that there's a sweet spot when it comes to alcohol and anxiety reduction. Just be careful and mindful of your ability to answer technical questions while under the influence....

I tried a couple times in college but it was a bad experience. Alcohol does not make me any more confident or fluent. And that would be an easy path to addiction....

For a phone or Skype interview, I honestly think that's not a bad idea at all. I've taken a shot or two before a presentation before in class. Worked great. However, never do this before an in-person ...

It either relaxes your muscles to a point where fluency becomes more easily achievable, or it numbs our mind to the point so we don't notice the stuttering that much. The latter mostly comes when you...

Holy shit you have balls haha. I've definitely drank like 2 shots before giving a HUGE presentation in a class I had to take, and it worked wonders. Although if you knew me you'd know I was a little b...

I have actually wondered for quite a while if alcohol reduces the stuttering (Having read nothing about stuttering on forums or such, just own thoughts) . Since I'm only 16 I have never had a single d...

Alcohol before interviews

Alcohol before interviews Anyone else take a few shots before interviews? Alcohol really helps with getting the words out and also mitigates the severe anxiety that I usually get just before an interv...

I was assuming this too. Naw, we've been together for a couple years now and were friends before that. No confidence issues here. It's really because we like to go to loud events like concerts. ...

Absolutely, it's like magic. And I know it's going to wear off the next morning. It's kind of depressing because I make really good connections with people when drunk and then I just don't want to dea...

When you're drunk you pay less attention to it. There's a disconnect from your mind. That's the idea of any alcohol/narcotic. To allow for that disconnect to happen and for you to be present in the mo...

Yes. I think it's because we get less anxious when we are drunk. We don't really care about the consequences of our actions. Which sucks because I hate drinking. ...

When I'm drunk I don't care about my stutter. Sometimes it gets worse, sometimes not. Just how it is that day. ...

I remember once I was drunk, I had to explain to a buddy what this stuttering thing was about. He didn't think I was a stutterer, and I hadn't really been stuttering that night, but when I started exp...

This is hard to say, it depends. Beer and hard liquor makes me more outgoing and chatty so I *think* I stutter less. Wine slows me down, I feel like I have a weight on my chest, I get very self aware-...

Absolutely. Not only that, but when I'm at a perfect buzz I feel like I can access more information and form more carefully thought out sentences since I'm not as worried about what my next word start...

When you are drunk, do you stutter less?

When you are drunk, do you stutter less? I'm drunk at the moment and just got a call from my pizza delivery guy. He got lost and I helped him by telling him where my apartment is. I did not stutter on...

I have but I didn't speak much during that period (was on winter break, alone). I'm inclined to think it had the same effect as smoking it. ...

Haha yes the well known ramblings of ecstasy. It had the same effect on me, and days after I was also fluent. Anytime I'm "drained" I speak better. A few times a week though? That's a rough come down....