I discovered that I have a stuttering brain which is wired differently than the fluent brain. When I have tried to be fluent my brain will always bring me back to stuttering. I found this was my brain’s comfort level and did not understand fluency. I realized that I needed to train my brain as to the meaning of fluency. This is what I did. I literally rewired my brain to become fluent. I spent years studying and researching why fluent speakers don’t stutter. I found it was related to the Valsalva response. Once I was able to produce steady and easy airflow through my vocal cords I was able to achieve fluency. After a long while I trained my brain to be fluent. I am now basically stutter free where I still but rarely have bouts of stuttering. I found this was my pathway to fluency where I never had a relapse to full blown stuttering.