I'm lucky in that I do live alone in an apartment (well, the wabbit doesn't count, she wouldn't steal my meds!

). My apartment is small and crammed to the figurative gills with my books, toys, model kits, electronics, and whatnot. I'm not the best housekeeper either!! So I think anyone who might want to swipe something from me might be a bit overwhelmed as to where to start looking.

That said, there is one person from whom I have to hide my meds; a fellow expat and co-worker who sucks back painkillers like candy. This person, once trusted, has swiped meds from me on more than one occasion, taking advantage of the casual atmosphere at work to rifle through my purse. Now, my meds are locked, with my purse, in my file cabinet, to which I have the only key.

At home I don't hide my meds but I do split them up. Some stay in my purse as I mentioned; some go into a Baby Cinnamon tin (about the same size as an old-fashioned aspirin tin) that stays in the bottom drawer of my china cabinet. Some get hidden in my paint booth (well wrapped, of course), hidden behind the DVD player, hidden in the base of one of my finished models, etc.

When I'm travelling, my meds stay on my person, though I have at times used a room safe. I usually keep them in a cute little padded zippered pouch (it feels like a tissue pack, or more likely a folded sanitary napkin; it's about the right size), and have a decoy bottle of aspirin along with.

As I said, I don't need to hide my meds at home but reading this thread, I've come up with a pretty ideal place to hide them at home. My bookshelves are deep, and divided in half. On both the top and bottom halves, are sliding sections that roll two-thirds of the width of the whole shelf. The backs of the sliding shelves are indented. It would be easy to duct tape or even thumbtack a flat pack of meds behind there. It literally couldn't be seen at all (there's no way to get your head in there), wouldn't interfere with the sliding sections' movement, and provided the pack was carefully assembled, there would be no rattle or other indication that it was there.