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Amanda Goff was once one of Australia's highest-paid escorts. Under the pseudonym Samantha X, she appeared on TV regularly, wrote two best-selling books and even started her own escort agency.
For eight years, she was at the top of her industry - Although there were plenty of highs during her career in sex work, there were also some lows. And for Amanda, those lows often revolved around alcohol.
For a long time, Amanda's life as a single mum and high-profile escort was "becoming unmanageable", turning to alcohol as an "emotional painkiller".
In early 2019, Amanda chose to give up alcohol. And then 18 months ago, she received a life-changing bipolar disorder diagnosis. Now being sober and on stable medication, Amanda says she now feels able to discover her 'true self'.
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Amanda Goff was once one of Australia's highest-paid escorts. Under the pseudonym Samantha X, she appeared on TV regularly, wrote two best-selling books and even started her own escort agency.
For eight years, she was at the top of her industry - Although there were plenty of highs during her career in sex work, there were also some lows. And for Amanda, those lows often revolved around alcohol.
For a long time, Amanda's life as a single mum and high-profile escort was "becoming unmanageable", turning to alcohol as an "emotional painkiller".
In early 2019, Amanda chose to give up alcohol. And then 18 months ago, she received a life-changing bipolar disorder diagnosis. Now being sober and on stable medication, Amanda says she now feels able to discover her 'true self'.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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