Last weekend, my daughter Michelle's drink was spiked at a nightclub she was visiting with a group of friends. Fortunately, her friends did not leave her when she became argumentative and aggressive. They took care of her and took her safely home. All the alcohol she had had was half a pint of lager, a glass of wine and two Wickeds over about 5 hours.
She was in and out of consciousness, she can't remember big chunks of the evening, she had chemical burns in her throat and her tongue was very swollen. She had vomiting, diarrhoea and headache for two days. The NHS said with all her symptoms, her drink was definitely spiked and probably with some homemade cocktail of substances. I am happy her friends realised she needed looking after instead of leaving her to her own devices while she was argumentative and aggressive. She could have ended up dead in a car boot somewhere. We were all very shocked and upset about it.
My first reaction was to tell her to stay away from nightclubs, but she is over 21. She didn't want to put herself at risk again though, and I suggested a Tommy Tippee toddler cup. She thought it was a silly idea but she saw the cup in the photo when she was in town and she bought it. She says she isn't going to let some grotty little anonymous low-life interfere with how she lives her life and she took it out with her tonight.
It has a cord to hang round the neck. The top screws off for the barman to pour her drink into, then she hangs it round her neck. When she wants a sip, she has to twist the top to make the straw pop up. It will be virtually impossible to spike a drink in that.
If it isn't possible to stop louts spiking people's drinks, then this seems a reasonable safety measure to me. I hope it will start a trend.
1 comment:
God bless the both of you! Your daughter is pretty smart -- she's putting common sense ahead of pride!
May God protect her from all evil.
+JMJ+ John
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