Stammer or stammering can have a dramatic effect on somebodys confidence.

Fluent people really can not comprehend how hard it is to live your life with a speech impediment or stammer.

I run one to one speech courses in Birmingham and one of my clients once told me about a situation he was involved in. He and his friends went to a bar one Saturday afternoon to have a few drinks. After a couple of pints he went up to the bar to order himself a drink. Unfortunately he could not speak all of the words fluently and the bar man accused him of being drunk and refused to serve him. He tried to explain that he was not drunk but had a stammer but the bar man said "That's what they all say"

He returned to his friends who asked him where his drink was. He told them what had happened, this itself was very embarressing.

His friends were very supportive and one of them went to the bar and bought him a drink. Everything was fine until the barman saw him drinking this drink. He stormed over and asked him to leave the pub saying:

"I told you that I did not want you drinking anymore alcohol, now get out"

His friends tried to explain to the barman about the stammer and were eventually thrown out of the pub aswell.

This is a typical situation people who have a stammer find themselves in.

Stephen Hill

Stephen Hill helps people to overcome stammering. His main websites are:

http://www.stuttering-help.co.uk

http://www.stammering-stuttering.co.uk

http://www.stutter-stuttering.com