Spiking drinks?

[katangel26]

Hi, I went out on fri night, only had 5 drinks when I went into one of my local clubs. This is really weird cos from when I went into that club at 8.55 until 2 ish that night, I have no recollection of what happened.

There were some pics taken of me and my mates in the pub that we went in beforehand (which is over the road) and there was a dodgy looking group of blokes behind us watching the bar behind us.

My friends say that I went missing for about an hour when we were in the club.

I do, admittly sometimes, forget stuff when I'm drunk, but I never forget a whole evening and my memory is always 'jogged' the next day when I speak to my mates, ie. about who I spoke to, what happened when we first got into the club etc, however I remember nothing and no memory is coming back about friday night.

I know tests are best proved in the first 24 hours, I was umming and ahhing about going yesterday and really regret it now.

I phoned the taxi company tonight (where I always get my cab from every night out as it's a two min walk from the club) and the cow on the other end said if I didn't have my ticket number (which I always keep but didn't have on sat morning) she couldn't tell me if a cab was took to my address cos of data protection. She also told me to 'put it down to experience and to be careful next time!', I explained to her that I was careful (as I always am, I'm 28 and know to be more than careful!).

My mates were going on to me to call them, then I do and she says that!

All I remember after paying to get into the club was standing outside my front door in the pouring rain trying to find my key! I spoke to my mate at 2.15 and told her I was home.

It shouldn't bother me (apparently!) but it does! Anyone had this happen before? For the first time ever??

x

[daffy654]

I don't really have any advice for you as i've never had this happen to me. Have you considered taking some anti-spiking devices with you when you go out in the future? If you mainly drink from bottles I think these are a brilliant idea to use

http://www.barfly.com/product_info.php/product s_id/2817

You can also buy tests that you put in your drink if you suspect it may have been tampered with.

http://www.testinprivate.co.uk/acatalog/Drink- Spiking-Test-Kit.html

[4getmenot]

Did you leave your drink unattended. As you should know never do that and if going clubbing and you have a bottle use a spikey. Ah just noticed link shown above, you can get them from tesco and a brilliant idea. I think I have had it happen when I went clubbing I bumped into two lads I knew from years ago on one of the lads stag do and only had two drinks one bought by the stags mate. I was puking all way to a beech where I ended up sleeping on a park bench because the stag tried it on in the car.

[4getmenot]

5 drinks would hardly give you memory loss unless they were all triples

[filthiestfis]

It's very very simple: DONT leave your drink behind. Common sense. I've NEVER left my drink unattended and so are not exposing myself to getting my drink spiked. If indeed that's what happened ~ ~

[captains log]

Oh yes another couple of oh so usefull comments by pus balls.

[4getmenot]

yes filthie that is very good advice but as in my case I didnt and I trusted the guy who bought me the drink

[4getmenot]

yer but not the answer katangle would like, she thinks she was spiked so instead of saying she was just drunk which she says she isnt how about some advice for her, She may be really worried. And lots of this is overlooked because some people think 'oh maybe I was just drunk I wont report it'

[4getmenot]

Do you really think 5 drinks is wasted?

[katangel26]

Thanks for all your answers.

3ight8ball - I didn't get wasted. As I said when I've had a lot to drink before (a lot more than 5 drinks I can assure you!) and memories from the night always come flooding back. I have no recollection of anything.

4getmenot - you seem to know where I'm coming from here!

My friends say that when I was finally found after disappearing I wasn't falling about and didn't seem very drunk, one of my friends said I looked 'vacant' and couldn't explain where I'd been.

I never ever normally put my drink down or let it out of my sight, the only thing I can think is that I put it down on the bar when we all had a pic taken in the pub we went into first x

[katangel26]

Thanks for the link daffy654, I'm going out again on sat night and I've ordered some of the anti spiking stoppers.

[daffy654]

I hope you have a good time katangel,at least you will know your drink is safe with a stopper in it.

[meglet]

Just to add to the advice, don't take drinks off strangers either.

[Twinkle17]

Hi Katangel26
New Years Eve 2005 and I had exactly the same thing happen to me. Went down to the local pub with all my friends and I had 3 glasses of wine and then........nothing. I have absolutely no memory whatsoever of that night, no a single thing, it was like a light switch went off in my mind, one second I was there the next I wasnt. Like you I drink more than that on a usual night and yes sometimes lose my memory but this was completely different. My friends too said I disappeared for about 20 minutes and seemed drunk but not hammered when I came back. The only thing I know is I woke up the next morning in bed with my boyfriend. I asked loads of questions to try and jog my memory but again nothing and he said I had seemed fine. Really really wierd x