I learned NEVER to let your drinks out of your sight!

I might be a little old for this, but I want to show that this sort of thing can happen to anyone at anytime.

I went to Ocean City, Maryland with my "boyfriend" for fourth of July weekend. We were sharing a room with six other guys. I felt sooo safe with this guy that it didn’t even matter to me that I was the only girl. That first night, we started drinking in the room beer and vodka and Red Bull’s. About an hour and a half later we decided to check out one of the clubs. At first, I didn’t want to go but was persuaded by my boyfriend, who didn’t want to go without me.

We got there, did a shot and a couple more drinks and were dancing. His friends were buying us shots and drinks, so I’m not even sure what or how much I drank. I do know that by that time, I had been drinking for quite a while, but I have an extremely high tolerance for liquor. I can do eight shots and walk away without a slight buzz. I know my limits, and I have never before or since, experienced what happened next.

The last thing I remember was looking up and the huge beach balls everyone was hitting around in the club... That must have been around 12:30 or so...

The next thing I know, my boyfriend grabs me telling me I was all over some guy on the dance floor while he went to the bathroom. I had no idea what he was talking about. After that from what my now ex-boyfriend tells me, I punched him a couple times, hit another guy in the head so many times that he was throwing up. Then I got separated from them and I still don’t remember much from that night except that I was walking around the streets until a bus picked me up the next day just after noon.

I know I was attacked in the street by a stranger and the only reason I wasn’t raped is because a cop was coming by. I was covered head to toes in bruises... so bruised up, in fact, that the cops asked if I was beaten... I didn’t really remember how all the bruises got there. But, the attacker’s friends were telling the cops that they all made out with me and I had sex with at least two of them. I know definitely did not have sex that night because I had my period and I would have known the next day.

I am soo lucky nothing else happened. After talking to my ex he told me a couple of the guys in the room were doing ecstasy and special k. Anything thing could have been put in that drink from a roofie to special k. I still don’t remember what happened in those 4 or 5 hours that I blacked out and it scares me to think what really did happen or what could have happened.

I have learned my lesson and haven’t had anything to drink since. What I learned from this experience is: never let yourself get out of control, and never let your drinks out of your sight.