Hi Adam,
To echo Javie, that is the beauty of our crutches. Our methods do not make us end up sounding robotic or unnatural. Why would I want to exhale on every single word, or sound like Robocop? This is exhausting and does not sound natural at all. I am sure that anybody who comes to the SAM will agree that I speak immediately, like a fluent person. There is nobody in the world who would be able to tell that I used to stutter unless I told them so.
I have not thought about my speech in years. For the first time in my life, I feel FREE. I do not believe that the people concentrating on their breathing, movement of their tongues, movement of their mouths, planning their words (the list goes on) feel free. What an exhausting and draining life to live!