One thing I've found seems to work, although it's also common sense... is when you feel like you're going to stutter in a casual social situation which is coming up soon, you can center yourself in the present moment, and compose the words and phrases in your mind first. The actual thought voice you use when doing this doesn't make any difference at all. My own silent thought voice can be really quite belabored. The only thing that is important is that you organize the order of the words and phrases you're going to use, in order to start out the conversation with that person. I think that some of us stutterers are creatures of habit, and others of us are rather compulsive in our lives... and I believe that if one can think about one's own personal ethics about relating to the world and with other people, and contrast those things with the moments when we feel driven to do x y or z, it can go a long way to making us more relaxed, and less likely to stutter.