help me

There’s this guy that I am really interested in and this is going to sound bad but I normally drink a little to calm my nerves because I get so nervous but that’s a horrible habit I feel like haha well it’s not healthy at least and so I just don’t know how to not make it awkward. We haven’t really hung out by ourselves before like away from friends this is why I’m so nervous. I try to start up conversations and things but I feel like sometimes it’s just awkward lol. Is there any advice I can get to try to not be haha