I USED TO STUTTER
How I Beat My Stutter and How I Remain Fluent
And you can too!
Fluency is saying what you want, when you want, to who you want.
Craig Coffee
usedtostutter.com
HERE'S WHAT'S IN IT
PART 1. I'VE WALKED IN YOUR SHOES
1. MY PARENTS' DRIVEWAY. I Actually Got Tough Love in the Worst Moment of My Life When All I Wanted Was a Hug
p. 7
2. STUTTERING HELL. It's as much about the fluency help as it is about the loneliness.
p. 8
3. ME AND YOU. I can shortcut the information, but there's no shortcuts in the amount of work required
p. 12
PART 2. FINDING MY WAY OUT
4. THE STUTTERING INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX. I spent 9 years in speech therapy
p. 16
5. SPAIN. I had a good breakthrough temporarily.
p. 20
6. THE JUNGLE. I tested the results in the real world.
p. 22
7. WHAT I NOTICED ABOUT MY SPEECH. The thoughts and feelings I learned to work with
p. 24
8. I HAD TO KEEP HOPE. I had to have hope in my life
p. 29
9. MORE THAN MY STUTTER. I'm a person who's working on my fluency
p. 33
PART 3. THE TOOLS I STILL USE
10. IT'S TOO EARLY IN THE DAY TO HATE YOURSELF. I created a crutch out of total desperation!
p. 37
11. THERE AIN'T NO SCRIPT. Do I have ideas of what I'm going to talk about? Yes.
p. 42
12. THE INTENTIONAL DREAM. When you create this dream, you set the feeling
p. 44
13. COME IN TALLER. Confidence? It's Manufactured. It Can Be Changed. Taught.
p. 49
14. ENTHUSIASM IS CONTAGIOUS. I bring enthusiasm on purpose. It's for fluency.
p. 53
15. ARE YOU FROM AROUND HERE? Open-ended questions instead
p. 55
16. SHUT UP AND LISTEN. Watch their mouth. Hear the words. Hear their tonality.
p. 59
17. NEVER PUSH THROUGH A BLOCK. It's critical to avoid unnecessary hard stuttering blocks.
p. 62
18. HEAL QUICK. You got to find a way to move on
p. 65
PART 4. THE REAL WORLD IS UNSCRIPTED
19. THE ONCE-A-DAY CHALLENGE. You practice with people who are gentle
p. 69
20. STEVE. A fake name while you work on your speech, when it doesn't matter
p. 73
21. I WILL GO FIRST. In that moment, in that very second, I was brave.
p. 76
22. I SHOULD HAVE LEFT. Because this is not a work thing, we can just leave.
p. 82
23. JOIN THE CALLS BEFORE YOUR BOSS. The goal is to get the confidence going by speaking soon.
p. 85
24. THE PEOPLE CLOSEST TO YOU. I think it's okay to share with the people closest to you
p. 88
25. SAY YOUR NAME. Saying my name was the last thing I beat with my stutter
p. 90
PART 5. I BRING IT EACH DAY
26. FLUENCY IS WON. I'm fluent, but I still work on myself.
p. 93
27. RAW. I've Cried Myself to Sleep a Lot of Times
p. 96
28. MY NAME IS CRAIG. Can I get a name for the order?
p. 97