It was our last night of our last term in our first year at Uni. Some of my flat mates had already gone home, so it was just myself and my two friends. I remember, it being all COVID restrictions, so we couldn’t get up and order at the bar, they came to us and we also couldn’t get up to dance, so we were sat on a bench. I was sat on the end of the bench, where someone could have walked past me going to their table, or it could have been the bartender as I obviously couldn’t watch my drink being made, therefore it is still unsure on who spiked me and how I got spiked. I remember we were all drinking cocktail pitchers, and I have videos and photos up until 8-9pm and then it all went blank. I had to recall details from my friend, at the first point when she noticed something was wrong, she said I needed to go to the loo but apparently when I attempted to get up, I couldn’t move and I mentioned this to her. She was confused so she helped me up. I was vomiting repeatedly, she had to get a bouncer to come and help me down. He or she carried me out. Then I myself remember sitting on the pavement, repeatedly saying sorry & how I am not drunk but I have been spiked. My friend was also speaking up for me mentioning this wasn’t me being drunk, I had been spiked. I remember it being a lady bouncer just staring at me. Then it goes blank again, and then a memory of being in the ambulance by myself (because of Covid, I wasn’t allowed anyone with me), I remember blacking in and out, texting my boyfriend who could make no sense of my messages, I could hear the two paramedics (one female, and one male) both talking to each other about how it could just be over intoxicated with drink, this is when I mentioned to him that I had been spiked, they didn’t really offer me much support. Then I was placed in a wheelchair, they took my blood pressure, then I got put in the emergency waiting room. I never got seen to. I met these lovely ladies in the waiting room, they helped me, got me water & phoned my mum for me as I wasn’t making any sense. My parents had to drive all the way from my hometown to the hospital which I got taken to Southport. My Mum eventually got here, she mentioned how she didn’t even recognise me & she kept asking the receptionist when I was going to be seen, she said they had an emergency come in & she wouldn’t know. After 3 hours or more of waiting, my mum just took me home, my dad also didn’t recognise me when I tried to get into the car. I went home, straight to bed & felt awful for days on end after. I now don’t drink at all, barely go out unless there’s an event on, I feel awful if I do drink, I never used to get sick or feel awful, before the spiking. I have long term effects physically and mentally. I also did report it to the police and my uni tutor because I wanted other girls at my uni to be aware of the club and to be careful. There were some reports about the club, that came out afterwards, one of them mentioned how the bartenders are known for spiking drinks & they have room in the club, where they assault, I showed this to my uni tutor. The police were the Lancashire police, I spoke to a female (which comforted me slightly until I realised I wasn’t getting any support from her anyway). At first, I didn’t want to mention it to the police but my mum did for me & then they wanted to speak to me. The police lady assumed I was drunk, and mentioned that when she went out with her friends she had one too many & it too felt “different”. I was very upset and angry with the little to no support I got from the police. I mentioned the reports from other people and my own story to her, to which they said they’ve never had an issue with this club. I couldn’t believe that as when we first started uni, the tutors actually told us to be very careful with Alpine, because it has been known. So I feel let down by the police, the hospital and the club.