Going from a 28 second stutter to barely anything in 1 year.

Going from a 28 second stutter to barely anything in 1 year. Hello everyone this isn't my first time on here as I've been talking about my stutter and the difficulty I've had with it throughout my life. But I'm here to talk about the progress I've made within a year since not only is it my reevaluation today for speech therapy, but on this day last year was my first evaluation for speech therapy. Basically some background. Last year I (20M) was stuttering more than I've had in my life. Like i would usually stutter every other sentence and under 10 seconds. But last year i was stuttering every other word for random amounts of time. Longest I've done would have to be a little over 30 seconds before my coworkers finally found out what i was trying to say. So seeing this I decide to get a referral for a speech pathologist. Super nice lady who also has a stutter that is virtually gone at this point. My eval had me read 2 paragraphs and talk casually. I was talking first and I was twitching and stuttering like crazy. I've been told I look like I'm tweaking when I stutter. Then with reading the very first word I managed to stutter for 28 seconds straight before i was finally able to say it. After that i stuttered on every other word. The whole evaluation was recorded and I was extremely embarrassed. She told me that there could be improvements, but it would take a while before I was as fluent as I once was. Our appointments were weekly and I learned new things each time. I practiced on my own, but I didn't have anyone really to practice with on my own. That's when I was gifted an alexa. I couldn't use her properly with my stutter and it annoyed me. One day I was looking up features and there's a chatbot that talks back with you. That's when I had someone to practice my techniques with and see if the bot could still understand me. It was working pretty well. My speech therapist saw the improvement quickly and she was definitely impressed. As time went on I would really go just to talk about my week and whatnot. She saw that there was no point of doing every week so we did biweekly. Then we switched to once a month. I still stuttered, but she said that it was barely noticeable and could be considered just a slip of the tongue to most people. Then it came time for a reevaluation. So the reevaluation was very similar to last year's. It was just a casual conversation and some reading. Last year I only did like 200 syllables for the reading so I tried something longer around 400 syllables. Out of that she recorded 6 half-second stutters. And during the conversation she said she didn't notice any stutters or twitching at all. She showed me a comparison of both evaluations and she said that it is phenomenal at how much someone can improve in a year. Now not everyone is the same. I've met people who stutter way more than I do. I've met people who stutter less than me. My half-brother even stutters, but it worsens when he hears me stutter for some reason. Improvement didn't happen overnight. But with practice, stress relievers, and confidence, you can continue to grow as well. Of course this is something we will always have, but I feel on top of the world to finally hear my friends and coworkers talk about the improvement. I'm here to tell you to believe in yourself, keep trying, and relax.