Abbi, who’s originally from Harrogate, North Yorkshire, says she realised she’d been spiked as she got home from a day event two months ago.
She describes the feeling as “sheer panic”.
“I started to notice my vision going blurry,” she says. “I started shaking, I was sweating.”
As the effects grew stronger, Abbi says, she started to lose the ability to move her body.
“I couldn’t talk. If I tried to stand up – I’d just collapse,” she says.
“It almost felt like I was trapped in this body that didn’t feel like it was mine.”
After having her drink spiked, Abbi says she no longer wants to go on nights out.
Like Molly, she urges others to be alert to the signs.
“If it can happen to me, it can happen to anyone,” she says.
Dawn Dines, CEO of charity Stamp Out Spiking, which consulted on the EastEnders mini series, says “education is key to preventing these incidents”.
She hopes featuring the issue on Eastenders will “inspire conversations” that help to protect people.
