A serious warning to all Buddies…please read.
Something very scary happened to me this week, and I hope that you all will read this and head the warning!
As most of you know I work a a manager of a restaurant/bar. The other night, after a crazy shift, I decided to relax with some friends and have a few glasses of wine. By no means enough to produce the effects it had on me.
Let me preface this by saying that I DO NOT EVER black out, nor do I drink to the level that would cause a black out! It was confirmed to me by my friends that I seemed completely normal when I left, no staggering or slurring, no bloodshot eyes or odd behavior.
I lost approx 12 hrs. The last thing I remember was saying leaving the bar, saying goodbye to everyone, and trying to have a conversation with my friend who drove that night.
I say “trying” because I remember really having to concentrate on getting the words out. That’s it, up to and including putting my kids on the bus at 9am the next day and giving Jarod his allergy meds before school.
My memory of that time is only a flash of a picture here and there.
I found out later by Ethan when I commented about all the mystery bruises on my arms and legs, that I had lost conciousness 3 different times that night.
He said that I came home perfectly lucid, although I appeared to be drunk. Then about 2 hrs later I got up from bed and collapsed in the bathroom (the thud woke him up). He came to get me, and on the was back to bed I passed out again, almost falling down the stairs when I fell into the banister. Then once again, as I he was trying to help me back into bed.
Again, I have NO recollection of any of this. Someone clearly put something in my drink.
What I do know is that I have become very complacent at work, I feel at home there. I don’t watch my purse like I would at any other place and I obviously wasn’t watching my drink either.
I told the owners about what happened to me, and they didn’t seem to be taking this seriously until I pointed out that all of this behavior happened in the privacy of my own home. This wasn’t a case (as we have had with some other employees) of getting bombed, making a fool out of yourself, and then trying to back pedal and excuse away the behavior. Realizing that I could have simply kept all of this to myself to avoid embarrassment, made them realize that something must have happened.
I rounded up all the bartenders and told them the story as well. One of them, who is known for parting way to hard confessed that the same thing happened to her a week earlier. She never said anything because she thought that no one would believe her, due to her past behaviors.
I also, after talking to a regular customer, that she too was a victim of this, but also has a history of not being able to hold her liquor and was afraid that no one would buy her story. Both of those women had this happen a different bars, but in the same general area.
In a way I am glad that this happened to me, simply for the fact that my past behavior gives me the credibility to make such a claim and be believed and unquestioned.
Please, be careful Buddies. Pay attention, if this could happen to me where I work, surrounded by people who care for me, it can happen to you.
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thanks for the warning.. its unbelieveable what people do these days.
ps. im glad you’re okay!! xx
Thank you so much for this post. I am very careful with my drinks to the point where people make fun of me because they think I am going overboard. But this just goes to show you do need to take the precautions even when it’s somewhere you are comfortable at. I am glad that you are okay as well.
Wow, thats a scary story. I’m just glad you are ok. This is a good warning for everyone. Take care…thank you for sharing.
Oh wow. I am glad you are okay.
Thanks for the warning. Glad you are alright and you were able to get home before the effects hit you. Living close to a college town that is an everyday occurance around here and with the drunk partying college kids no one believes them so I am glad you were believed.
I am thanking the Lord for watching out for you, It could have turned out so much worse. Thank you for letting us all know, that it really isn’t safe even when you think you are with friends.
Thanks again for the tips!
Good Lord, you are so lucky nothing much worse happened! What a reminder not to let your guard down. I am very glad you’re okay.
I’m glad you are okay!
ugh! i have heard of this happening and it’s so horrible. i am so glad you are ok. thanks for the warning. i will tell my friend who goes out all time , too!
Oh, goodness that is really scary. I am so glad you are okay.
That is soooo scary!! Did you guys open a new bottle or you got your drinks from someone? I usually get my drinks from the bartender/cocktail waitress and this hasn’t happened but I’d like to know what I should be looking for…..
I read this the day you posted it and hadn’t had a chance to comment. This is a very scary situation…have you guys alerted the authorities…they may have a suspect in mind already, someone they are waiting on more leads to be able to charge. Of course, working in the field that I work in, this is commonplace to me, but I thank you from the bottom of my heart for alerting buddies on this site about this horrific experience. Thank God nothing more serious happened to you…some women have died as a result of these “rape” drugs.
Thank you for sharing and Thank God you are ok..