Test your drinks with a Drink Detective™. Everyone is aware of their own, personal tolerance to alcohol. If you feel odd, nauseous, slightly drunk, tipsy or wasted after only a couple of drinks, or you know that you cannot be drunk, there is more than a chance that your drink has been spiked. If so get yourself immediately to a place of safety.

If you are with a close friend tell them of your worries, get them to get you out of the place as soon as possible and to get you home either in their car or by cab. Once safely home ask them to stay with you until the effects of the drug have worn off.

However be very sure that you implicitly trust the person or friend you are asking. Many of our victims have been raped by people they know, in many cases by work mates and colleagues, in some cases friends of friends or acquaintances, and in many cases the person they on date with that night.

If you are alone or with a stranger go to the landlord or pub/bar manager and tell them of your fears.

It is important to get to a place of safety as soon as possible, get the landlord to put you in his private accommodation or an office whilst they ring a taxi or a friend, or your parents to get you home safely.

If at all possible always make sure that you are accompanied by a trusted friend.

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES LET A STRANGER OR ACQUAINTANCE OFFER TO HELP YOU OR TAKE YOU ANYWHERE - INCLUDING TO YOUR OWN HOME THEY COULD WELL BE THE PERSON WHO SPIKED YOUR DRINK AND BE THE RAPIST. It is alarming how many victims have been taken back to their own home by their attacker and raped in their own beds.