Re: 1st time on stage. Hmm?
That is a bad way to start. You can totally do this without getting high or drunk. You might feel nervous before you get up there, but once you're on stage, just have fun with it. If you start off by getting loaded before your first time on stage, you run the very real risk of feeling like you "need to" get loaded every time you go to work. And once you go down that road, it just gets progressively worse.
Everyone feels/looks a little awkward their first time. Just remember to move slowly - this isn't like dancing in a regular club. Practice slow, sensual moves, and just focus on really enjoying yourself on stage.
You'll be awesome.
Re: 1st time on stage. Hmm?
:) Thanks!! Im going to take your advice. Cause i also know if i go up there loaded i might just pass out or something.
Re: 1st time on stage. Hmm?
Agreed with Natalllia...the whole taking shots before stage thing is often extremely habit forming. If you can't do this job sober, you shouldn't be doing it at all, because stripping can be emotionally difficult enough without adding substance abuse problems to it. I've seen sooo many newbies getting tipsy, if not plain drunk, every shift they work, and they usually end up in a pretty bad place. Alcohol can make you a little more lenient with customers who break the rules, which is not only bad for your well-being, but can give you a reputation you definitely don't want. Also, as a newbie, you are unfortunately more subject than anyone else to truly bizarre customers looking for stupid shit like $50 blowjobs...and you're more likely to succumb to the "Every other girl lets me do it" argument. That's enough to deal with sober...you don't want to be drunk for it. I didn't drink at all at work for my first nine or ten months dancing.
Re: 1st time on stage. Hmm?
i fell off stage during my first show. so. as long as you don't do that, you'll be fine. don't complicate life.