I did speech therapy with Bill Parry and mine is a lot better now. I wouldn’t call it a cure though because rather than it being magically gone it’s more like I have control of it now, like if I feel a block coming I know how to prevent it. I used to block on almost every word and now I do a few times a day, if that, and it only takes me a couple seconds to control it and say it. Number one tip is that the initial sound isn’t the problem. It’s the vowel sound. Stop trying to say the word, pause, think of the vowel SOUND (for pizza, it’s eeee), even phonate it for a couple seconds if you have to, and then when you say the word literally just focus on the vowel sound as if it’s the heart of the word, and it’s like magic. Dissolves blocks 99% of the time. Also I’ve found talking a little slower and thinking of speech as melody and movement rather than things to “force out” is very helpful too. Also realized that a lot of our stuttering behaviors are bad habits we have built over the years rather than the actual condition of stuttering. We don’t HAVE to stutter or block. Just pause once you feel it, take a couple seconds to think about the word and the vowel, and then say it. Make sure to only speak on exhales too when your air is already flowing out. Yes, it still sucks we have to think about it and can’t just talk, but it is quicker and less attention grabbing than blocking. We can control it, we just have to break those habits and create new ones. And, once a day, strengthen your vowel phonation by going through a list of vowel sounds and saying them all a few times in a row on a relaxed outward breath. A few weeks ago, I had to introduce myself to someone for the first time since completing this speech therapy and I’m still so shocked I was able to say my name because I haven’t been able to ever say my name to a stranger.