Stepdaughter unconscious through alcohol - A&E?

[LittleLionMansMummy]

Posting here looking for quick advice please. Dh got called by dsd's friend at midnight saying she was in no fit state to go into town (they'd been preloading vodka). The taxi wouldn't take her. Dh went to collect her, she couldn't stand up and hasn't been conscious since he put her in the car. She's home now (I.e. here, but she lives with her mum), is breathing, he's laid her on her side and is sitting with her. He's not going to leave her, but should he be getting her to hospital? Looked up alcoholic poisoning but it's not clear if what we've done is sufficient or she needs to be in hospital.

"Call 999 and ask for advice"

You what???

(I'll assume this was a typo and your meant 111)

When I got spiked I was horrendously sick. I vomited continually after coming round from being blacked out. I spent the full night throwing up.

When I got spiked I was horrendously sick

Me too. Apparently that's not normal..

FFS. Different people respond differently to different chemicals. Does that really come as a surprise?

When my drink was spiked I didnt vomit once. I was pretty much paralysed for about 8 hours though. I have no problem believing that other people’s experiences were different!

I don't think she was spiked, they hadn't left for town by midnight and she was with a crowd she knows well. Not impossible I suppose, but not particularly likely either. What she was wearing was presumably what she went out in, I'd dropped her off at her friend's house earlier in the day to get ready. 'Wearing next to nothing' was just a turn of phrase really to explain that she must have been cold so we kept her warm.

Dh offered to drop her home, but she said her mum was coming to collect her (we didn't want rid of her, just wanted her to be looked after as we were going out for the day with our other dc). But then the plans changed and she got collected by a friend (male, older than her) and she drove off laughing. I gather she didn't go home yesterday, and neither did she come back to ours. I get that she's 18 and an adult, I really do. I remember being that age - but cam honestly say I never got into such a state that a taxi turned me away and I had to call my parents. This is the worst I've seen her, but we have had to collect her before (she went a bit crazy when she split from her bf last year). She's often out at weekends and drinks vodka regularly and usually isn't home till 5/6am. She stays at ours because we live in the city she goes out in, whereas her mum's house is in a village 15 mins away. We don't like to refuse her staying because we'd rather know where she's staying and that she's safe. We've always said our home is her home and she has a front door key. Also, it's the only chance we really get to see her and for her little brother and sister to spend a bit of time with her (even if only briefly before she goes out or when she wakes the following day).

We've had words with her before about protecting her drink from being spiked, personal safety and alcohol consumption. But she's 18, you know, and thinks she's streetwise and knows it all.

So we're not sure what to do for the best! I just hope she's learned her lesson. It concerns me that she doesn't appear to suffer hangovers. I think the binge drinking is a real concern, but I also remember what it was like to be 18 (albeit I was at uni by then so my parents didn't know where I was or what I was doing at weekends unless I was home for hols).