| Having a stutter can have a dramatic effect on | | | | him where his drink was. He told them what had |
| somebodys confidence.I have met many people | | | | happened, this itself was very embarressing.His |
| who stutter, I myself had a stutter for eighteen | | | | friends were very good and one of them told him |
| years and I now run stutter courses to help | | | | that he would go to the bar in ten minutes and |
| people to achieve fluency.One of my clients once | | | | buy him a drink. He duly did this however the |
| told me about a situation he was involved in. He | | | | barman later saw the person who has a stutter |
| and his friends went to a bar one Saturday | | | | drinking the drink and kicked the whole group out |
| afternoon to have a few drinks. After a couple of | | | | of the bar.This is a typical situation people who |
| pints he went up to the bar to order himself a | | | | have a stutter find themselves in.Another client |
| drink. Unfortunately he found it hard to order the | | | | was stopped by the police in his car. The police |
| drink and started to stutter. The bar man | | | | asked him some questions. He was very nervous |
| accused him of being drunk and refused to serve | | | | and started to stutter. The police presumed he |
| him. He tried to explain that he was not drunk but | | | | had been drinking and tested his breath for |
| had a stutter but the bar man said "That's what | | | | alcohol.Stephen HillStephen Hill helps people to |
| they all say"He returned to his friends who asked | | | | overcome stuttering. |