<p>I was at a fraternity tonight and was handed a drink soon after walking into "open house night." There was a group of frat guys around and they were like "drink this". Me being dumb and inexperienced, I took a large gulp. It tasted like normal alcohol, and they didn't react weird, but I kept my eye on this group and they took the bottle and hid it behind a curtain and then went back to partying. What could it have been/what should I do? I don't feel weird, and I left shortly after. I'm probably greatly overreacting, but just need some advice, and this really turned me against the whole fraternity scene, even if it's just something that I'm reading into way too much.</p>
<p>It might not be anything this time around, but never take drinks from people, especially people you don’t know at parties. If you feel okay the next day you’re safe since one drink isn’t going to give you an hangover. But if you feel sick, go to the clinic</p>
<p>Er…yeah. Don’t take drinks from strangers.</p>
<p>As a fraternity veteran, don’t take drinks that you didn’t see being poured from either a bottle, keg, or a communal container. 99.9% of the time it’s fine, but you never can be 100% sure.</p>
<p>And if you want to know what it was, it was probably one of their own concoctions–bullfrog, their stash of jungle juice, etc.</p>
<p>You need to watch more Lifetime movies. Never take drinks from strangers. Also, make sure you see it being poured into the glass. If you feel sick when you wake up today, go to the health clinic on campus.</p>
<p>Also, never set your drink down and walk away, or ask someone you don’t know to hold it. It’s sad that we have to teach our kids this, but it could save you from having something happen to you.</p>
<p>Alright guys, thanks.
I feel fine, but was just hoping they didn’t do anything sick to it because they knew I’m a freshman and it’s “funny” to do that kind of thing…</p>
<p>I drank a good bit of soda and water right after I left to try to wash anything out that could be detrimental. I guess it’s just a lesson learned.</p>
<p>You’re never going to be cool/accepted if you turn down every drink in sight. You want to be a part of this group and a cool frat? You take their drinks. Yes, roofies happen sometimes, but that’s like 10% of all cases at most (Plus, why would they roofie you, assuming you’re a guy?)</p>
<p>Tyler, that is the worst advice ever. You are basically telling him if he doesn’t give into peer pressure, he will not be liked.</p>
<p>A long time ago, when I was 17, I was drinking at my apartment, my parents were on vacation, it was my bros b-day and he threw a party, typical “Parents gone, let’s throw a party” type of party. I had gotten really buzzed. My friends handed me a drink that looked like dark whiskey to me at the moment. I drank it, and said “Damn, that was good, what was that!?”. It didn’t taste like any alcohol I have ever tasted, but it tasted good. Then they started laughing at me and told me it was Soy Sauce, and they showed me the bottle. Aside from a huge hangover, I was okay.</p>
<p>I don’t think you’d get soy sauce poured in to your drink in college, maybe something worse, so be careful.</p>
<p>Yeah, don’t take a drink unless you saw it come out of a closed container or a keg or something. Also, be really careful if you don’t know what kind of alcohol is in the drink. If it has Everclear in it, it can be made pretty strong while still tasting non-alcoholic.</p>
<p>not beat on the drumb, but it is never a good idea to take a drink from someone you dont know. even a bottle could have been tampered with unless u can tell it has never been open. not too sound paronoid, but you got to be careful because there are some messed up people out there.</p>
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Wow, awesome prank idea! Thanks!</p>
<p>Agreed with nearly all of the above… don’t ever drink something that you didn’t see poured/mixed. If you’re worried about peer pressure, take the cup and hold it for a while and then just dump it out. If you don’t care about that, just say no thanks and walk away.</p>
<p>You could have been sexually assaulted or could have died. Do not do that again.</p>
<p>If you’re a guy you should be ok cause I dot think a bunch of guys are gonna rape you for fun lol. This isn’t prison.</p>
<p>If you’re a girl don’t drink anything if you don’t know where it’s from.</p>
<p>To add on to what everyone else said, if a man offers you candy and tells you to come to his car don’t go.</p>
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<p>Sorry, but this is an insult to all victims of sexual assault, doubly so for men who have been assaulted, either by men OR women. </p>
<p>Don’t follow his advice. Do not drink something if you do not know what it is or where it came from.</p>
<p>If you are drinking wop (usually vodka or rum, sprite/7-Up, fruit juices and/or fruit punch, etc.), wait a little while after you finish your first cup/glass to find out how strong it is.</p>
<p>Among strangers, you would probably not want to slam four or five glasses of wop in half an hour… and then find out the hard way that, while it tastes like bubbly Kool Aid, it is like 15% alcohol. 48+ ounces of that in a short amount of time could turn your world upside down.</p>
<p>The thing about beer is, you can usually feel the buzz coming on slowly, gradually.</p>
<p>Often, with hard liquor, it’s more like falling off of a cliff: you’re fine, just drinking… fine and dandy, you feel nothing for like an hour, and then BAM you are tanked. Be caureful with all alcohol, but especially with the hard stuff. Like I said… wait a little while before getting another drink.</p>
<p>If you choose to drink, take it slowly until you figure out what you can handle, both empty-stomached and with food, especially carbs, in your belly. (carbs tend to delay/diminish the effects… “soak it up”, so to speak)</p>
<p>I’m surprised that OP’s parents haven’t drilled this into his head since becoming old enough to go to parties… DO NOT DRINK ANYTHING THAT A STRANGER GIVES YOU! I have also drilled into my childrens heads… DO NOT GO BACK TO A DRINK! ONCE YOU LEAVE IT, ITS GONE! My son is 21yo and in college and I started to discuss this years ago… dd14 gets this lecture also!</p>
<p>I worked with a women some years ago… whose nephew was in college, went to a party and left his drink to dance… he drank it upon his return… he is now a vegetable… not sure what it was laced with… God only knows… but he was in his early 20’s and on his way to med school… very smart young man. Such a tragedy…</p>