A Cincinnati woman is reminding people to stay alert a year after she says she was drugged at a tailgate party. Now, she’s speaking out in hopes of saving someone else from ending up in her shoes.”Honestly I don’t know that I would have lived,” Jen Meyers said.A typical tailgate for Jen Meyers, a mother of three, turns into a nightmare. Meyers says she went out with friends on Dec. 12, 2021, before a football game, but fell ill minutes after having a drink.”I literally had one drink and I apparently collapsed to the blacktop, just dropped and they knew something was wrong,” Meyers said. “They told me after the fact I couldn’t hold my head up.”With the help of friends and paramedics, she made it out safely. When she woke up, Meyers had bruising on her face and was unable to remember what happened fully. “I was 40 years old. I’m 41 now. At the time I’m thinking I should know better, like what did I do? Where was that one drink from,” Meyers said.Meyers never filed a police report, but she’s speaking out now warning others to stay vigilant.”It’s just one moment that can change your life,” Meyers said.She now uses special lids on her drinks to keep them covered and wants others to do the same in hopes of saving a life. “I am the person that gives people the benefit of the doubt, kind of that eternal optimist and probably naive in many ways again seeing the best in people, and at some point that day, I got burned,” Meyers said. “I’ve gotten messages from people who are like oh my gosh this has happened to me. Thank you for bringing awareness.”
A Cincinnati woman is reminding people to stay alert a year after she says she was drugged at a tailgate party.
Now, she’s speaking out in hopes of saving someone else from ending up in her shoes.
“Honestly I don’t know that I would have lived,” Jen Meyers said.
A typical tailgate for Jen Meyers, a mother of three, turns into a nightmare. Meyers says she went out with friends on Dec. 12, 2021, before a football game, but fell ill minutes after having a drink.
“I literally had one drink and I apparently collapsed to the blacktop, just dropped and they knew something was wrong,” Meyers said. “They told me after the fact I couldn’t hold my head up.”
With the help of friends and paramedics, she made it out safely. When she woke up, Meyers had bruising on her face and was unable to remember what happened fully.
“I was 40 years old. I’m 41 now. At the time I’m thinking I should know better, like what did I do? Where was that one drink from,” Meyers said.
Meyers never filed a police report, but she’s speaking out now warning others to stay vigilant.
“It’s just one moment that can change your life,” Meyers said.
She now uses special lids on her drinks to keep them covered and wants others to do the same in hopes of saving a life.
“I am the person that gives people the benefit of the doubt, kind of that eternal optimist and probably naive in many ways again seeing the best in people, and at some point that day, I got burned,” Meyers said. “I’ve gotten messages from people who are like oh my gosh this has happened to me. Thank you for bringing awareness.”
