'I woke up in A&E after an exclusive party - my life has never been the same since'
manchestereveningnews.co.uk"The last thing I remember was I was sitting on the sofa with my friend... I don't remember anything until I was in A&E." Antonina Kosior is recalling the time she woke up in a hospital bed after an exclusive party in London.
Feeling lost and confused, she burst into tears and had an anxiety attack. "I didn't know what happened", she said. "I just woke up in this bed and I had to rely on my friend (and someone I don't know from the party) to tell me what happened." Around seven o'clock, they said Antonina 'just collapsed' in the bathroom.
Antonina believes she had been the victim of spiking. “I had two seizures, I was foaming at the mouth and my eyes were rolling back", she said. "I swallowed my tongue and the girl that was in A&E with me, the one that wasn't my friend, actually took the tongue out of my throat to stop me from choking and put me in a recovery position. “No one else knew what to do.
Thankfully, she was there otherwise I don't know what would have happened and they said I was then vomiting and I was just unresponsive,” she said. READ MORE: 'I don't have to cover my drink when I go out - why should women?' The model says her experience has had a massively negative impact on her social life and has changed her mindset about being safe in social situations. “It was just a horrific experience and definitely affected my social life in terms of wanting to see people because I thought I was in a safe place where I could put my drink down and nothing would happen to me", she explained. “I shouldn't have to be worried about putting my drink down or having to bring a cover with me everywhere I go. “I don't actually drink anymore because of that and I don't really go out to nightclubs or bars.
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