WHEN I met with Girls Against Spiking campaigner Cara Teven, her words resonated with me.

She described spiking as putting something in a person’s drink without it being their choice.

I was spiked – and it wasn’t my choice.

A group of friends I trusted put an illegal drug in my drink because they wanted me to join in after years of saying no.

All my life I have said no to drugs and as crime reporter for the Evening Times, I see day in and day out the devastating impact they have on people’s lives.

My anti-drug stance was clear to friends yet they betrayed my trust and put an Ecstasy in what I thought was a vodka and Fanta lemon drink.

To make matters worse, we were abroad and I blamed myself.

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Taking the drug itself felt to me like I was next level drunk. My body felt heavy, and I was full of energy and erratic. Fortunately I threw up, which I think was my body’s way of saying this isn’t for me.

But after the spiking incident, I was angry at myself for getting into that state. It was only when I discovered what actually happened I realised that anger was misdirected.

Those friends are no longer in my life, but I often wonder do they realise the what-ifs? Actions have consequences. I could have returned from my holiday in a coffin.

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My death would have been drug-related and my family would have thought they never really knew me. That is the worst-case scenario but I know I am fortunate in that nothing bad did happen.

People, however, should stop and think about what they are doing. Really the ‘what ifs’ should be enough to stop people from spiking in the first place.