[kahljorn]

"If you spent the whole time drinking spirits you'd most probably die before last orders."

I've had that happen to me on a few occasions. I really prefer not to go to bars at all, I like to sit at home or at a friends house and drink, swigging. I'm not really a big fan of bars, though: over-priced and around here there's just a bunch of assholes. There's one or two bars in town that are nice, though.
I wouldn't mind drinking beer so much if I could just sip on it between shots, and that's what I usually do. Lately it seems like people have just been buying us pitchers after pitchers, and that never seems to sit well with me.

I can barely stomach sweet things, as they are going down my gag reflexes kick in ;(
I'll have to try some of that stuff you mentioned, i practicallly never drink beer because of bloating, but if ale isn't so bad in that respect maybe I'd give it a shot. To be completely honest and simotaneously ashamed, normally when I drink beer I go for Old English's or 211's. I only need two or three and I'm feeling fine. lately though i just try to stick to pot, it fucks my lungs up but it doesn't make me feel disgusting. I have such a horrible flu right now, though, which means everytime i take a gravity my lungs go to shit(besides the shitty feeling of ripping a bong that has crazy resin build-up). Speaking of gravities, did you ever get to see one sadie? I've been drinking tons of cough syrup which can give you a nice buzz. Feels great except for the over-bearing shittiness of the flu.
Luckily my girlfriend's aiming at becoming a bartender, so maybe I'll be able to get free drinks and such soon.

One of my cough syrup has psuedo-ephedrine so I'm feeling crackily over-social.