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I saw the post about the two girls getting spiked in the upper highway area. A month ago, (25th October) I went to Bootleggers in Hillcrest for a few drinks with mates. I wasn’t over drinking, I had about 4/5 spins. All of the sudden out of the blue I started crying, when I had absolutely nothing to cry about. I told my best friend to take me to the bathroom to calm down because I just wanted to hit people for no reason and was very aggressive. When I got to the bathroom I wa

This is Jess. Jess had her drink spiked. 4 days later Jess was declared clinically dead, they switched the machines off and she was gone. I know Jess well, she worked for me as a promoter years ago and I loved her to bits. I can still hear her voice and laugh when I see her pictures. My heart is shattered. 💔 Her family came across the Drinkerbell posts and have opened up and shared Jess's story with me. She is Udo and Nola's daughter, Nick and Hylton's sister and wonderful f

My youngest daughter’s best friend (at the time) had this happen to her. I’ll just call her X. They were out and met some guys and X then offered to give the one guy a lift home to Umhlanga. My daughter decided that she would rather come home (I thank God for this decision every day) because she didn’t like his “vibe” as she put it. She begged X to not go but she did. She went into the flat with him and there were a bunch of other guys too. They offered her a glass of wine an

I did a fundraising Golf Day at a local Durban golf club, DURING THE EARLY morning I might add. I was with another lady that attended with me to ensure all went well with our event. I had a can of cold drink and she had juice (open glass). Within minutes of us having our cold drinks, she started behaving so strange (to say the least). After taking her home since she couldn’t drive etc, she was completely OUT of it. The next day we went to the doctor, we had her blood tested a

My girlfriend and I encountered a group of guys who were clearly on a mission, making us feel so uncomfortable that we decided to leave the club early. I remember there was a moment where we were dancing next to our drinks, and suddenly noticed one of the guys standing right next to our glasses. We got off the dance floor and sipped our drinks. My girlfriend had ordered a coke, and only drunk about half of it at this point. We decided this situation just felt too uncomfortabl

I went to a house party with a few friends, I remember arriving and not feeling too comfortable as there were a lot of people there but I stayed close to my friends and didn’t drink a lot. I had a bottle that I brought with me and throughout the night I remember losing it so I didn’t bother trying to find it. The last thing I remember was trying to look for my one friend because I remember her being in a much worse and vulnerable state than I was and at this point I felt fine

I was about 45, married, and out for a quiet drink at a local in Westville with a girlfriend. It was just the two of us – it didn’t occur to us that anything could happen in a small local so close to home in the early evening – I mean spiking only happens to teenagers in clubs late at night right? NOT! We were onto our second drink when I needed to go to the bathroom. I left my drink on the table with my friend. She turned her back on the table for less than a minute to chat

We were out for a quiet drink, left my drink on a table - my partner was chatting to other people – and went inside BRIEFLY for some reason. I returned and finished my drink. I even ordered another. And then SUDDENLY the drug took effect. Again, I suddenly felt odd, very inebriated, nauseous and light headed. Within SECONDS of feeling like that I had to bolt outside because I realised I was going to vomit. But it wasn’t a “normal” vomit. It felt like I’d lost control of my bo

I'm a 'statistic' of drink spiking. A friend was visiting from the UK, so we all decided on a night out. I was with a large group of friends, as well as my hubby. It was around 9:30pm when we arrived, it wasn't cool to be there "early". My friend and I went to the bar and ordered a round of drinks for the group. Her and I ordered a Smirnoff Spin, our thinking, even back then was sealed bottle rather than open glass for safety reasons. By 11pm, I was vomiting in the pot plants