Compared to you, I’m ancient, but my stutter is also almost completely gone. When I was your age there was no internet, no reddit, no messaging, and no AI. If I was your age and had to redo things over again, I would use all of these tools to improve my quality of life and fluency. While verbal communication is obviously very important, there is an immense amount of satisfaction that can be gained through textual communication. Whatever frustration in life you may experience due to your stutter to some degree can be alleviated via communication via text. In my case, when the internet did emerge during my mid-twenties, Yahoo Messenger was my opportunity to shine. At work, I could crack jokes better than 90% of the population, and this went a long ways in helping my professional career. Psychologically, it probably helped improve my self image and self confidence, too, which goes a long ways in improving other aspects of your life, too. In today’s world, I would focus on trying to get used to talking to AI. For some stutterers, talking to AI may be similar to talking to themselves, in other words a stress free environment. For others, on the other hand, it might be like talking on the phone. In either case, as AI is a nonjudgmental entity willing to speak with you 24/7 (for free) use it as an opportunity and tool to improve your fluency. If you’re walking down the street alone, that would be a perfect opportunity to speak with AI (Google Gemini or xAI Grok) and even learn something new. If you’re a nurse, there are literally an infinite amount of topics to study up on and improve your skills. From my own experience, fluency begets fluency. The more stress free stutter free hours of communication you can experience, the better. Over time, this will slowly help to further increase your fluency. I’m not talking about days or weeks or even months, but more like years. Looking back on the past year, I would venture that my speech has actually improved slightly compared to the previous year, and I’m in my 50s so you’re never too old to keep improving.