I'm not a huge drinker anymore ever since I got alcohol poisoning (not fun!) but when I do I usually just go for ciders or cocktails. You know stuff that doesn't taste obviously alcoholic. One day my brain will cotton on to the fact that there's alcohol in that fruity stuff but - until then!

Oh and yes being an occassion drinker in a land populated by raging alcoholics has it's... ermm... moments.