Amanda Goff,previously known under the moniker Samantha X,retired from high-end escorting more than two years ago in the hopes of leading a 'normal' life.
But on Tuesday,the 50-year-old announced she's available for bookings while revealing her shock career change.
Known as Australia's most high-profile escort, Amanda has officially begun her career as a certified Bondi Beach Pilates instructor.
'It's taken 100 supervised teaching hours,100 practice hours,100 observation and LOADS of online work and digging deep to find my confidence,' Amanda announced on Instagram.
'And Just Like That,I taught my first ever proper REAL LIFE reformer class today at Movement Collective AU.'
Her newly opened studio,named Bum Bums Pilates — not to be confused with Bondi Beach Bums Pilates down the road — has its own Instagram page which can also be used to book one-on-one sessions with the public figure.
Continuing her post,Amanda joked the name was 'on brand'.
'If you want to learn how to move your body,strengthen your core and need to ease back pain - DM and I'll book you in!' the caption ended.
Amanda said she would drink on weekends - often enjoying a bottle of champagne before blacking out
It has been five years and she hasn't picked up alcohol since.
'I didn't want to die. In reality I could have committed suicide,been hit by a car or gone off with someone at any time,' she said.
Amanda never had to go to rehab or hospital because of her alcohol habit but admits she probably would have ended up there if she hadn't stuck to the program.
In recovery she learned to face the problems she had been trying to numb out with alcohol.
Once she had been clean for a few years her psychologist was also able to diagnose her with bipolar. She explained people with bi-polar often turn to drugs and alcohol as a form of self-medication because it stops them from feeling all of their feelings.
'I couldn't bear to be with myself. I couldn't change my life and I didn't know what was wrong with me,' she said.
'I was a mess and I feel really sad for the person I was.'
Amanda believes she is a better person inside and out since ditching booze.
'I used to have a huge temper but haven't raised my voice in years,' she said proudly.
'I make better choices now.'
Amanda says people 'all have something' they are addicted to.
'Whether it is shopping,sex,exercise,drugs,alcohol,work it is always to mask whatever is going on in the inside.'
In 2022,Amanda told Stellar Magazine that she is 'ashamed' of her former career and has changed her ways after being diagnosed with bipolar II disorder.
'Now the fog has started to clear,I am ashamed of some of my choices,especially about going public,' she said.
'I don't recognise the woman who did that and it's mortifying for me.'
She went on: 'I am not blaming my bipolar or saying it was all down to my bipolar at all. But would I have made those choices if I was diagnosed and medicated? Most likely I wouldn't have been so public about it'.
Amanda says that creating her alter ego Samantha X 'was a way of dealing with certain trauma in my life' and she felt she was 'acting' when engaging that side of herself.
'So there you go,you can be fit,booze free and all the rest,but never,ever be complacent. Get checked out NOW if you have a sneaking suspicion something is wrong. Your body doesn't lie.
'Thank you to Dr Jordan McGrath from NSW Cardiology & Prof Rajesh Subbiah at St Vincent's Clinic.'
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