yes! i have been there for sure. i was the guy at parties in high school and beyond that drank too much and made a fool of himself. now, granted my family has a history of alcoholism stemming from anxiety issues, but i think the stuttering played a part for sure (it was also fun at that time though). even in graduate school i remember slamming a few drinks when i got to a party so i got in the right "groove" and became more fluent and natural. and in my late teens i got hooked on pain pills and heroin. i remember sometimes when i had a moment of clarity i knew it was because of my stutter but it was like this raw, open wound that i just couldn't deal with, it helped to create a wall. i eventually worked my way out of that stuff, but i remember thinking that i got into this mess because of my sense of inadequacy (i also had a friend who killed himself at the time and it kind of shot me overboard for a few years). so yeah, i totally feel you dude. you probably know this, but what i will say is that it grants temporary relief and it slowly creates a monster in the background from the tolerance and addiction, how it may affect your behavior. i wish i could offer a simple cure or trick, but age has helped me a lot (i'm 30 now). i kind of am just used to being a stutterer, people are generally nicer now, and i can shrug it off more easily when someone makes fun of me. i've learned that drugs generally create more problems than solutions. that being said, i still love having a beer in the evening, a few drinks on the weekend, getting cranked on coffee before work, i love those chemicals! i have never seen any studies, but one of the free stuttering books on the NSA website has a part where they talk about how there isn't really a straightforward cure or solution and drinking can offer temporary respite but it creates bigger problems. they talked about a police commissioner that stuttered and would have a few drinks before conferences and he ended up having to go to AA.