I had a couple years Stuttering. Never figured out why, suspected it was related to trying pot for about 6 months. Not really sure but it's the only thing I could put it down to at the time. But boy, was that ever unpleasant. It just slowly faded away over time. For those of you that have had to live with this I really feel for you. There is the social side that's difficult but I had not idea how frustrating it is when your speech just wont come out. Seriously if you've never experienced this long term it's really hard to express how uncomfortable this can make life.

But as for the social side, I think you'd be surprised how unfazed most of the people you know will be by it. Sure sometimes they'll be flustered and get annoyed but I don't think you need to be embarrassed by it the way most people are.