I do tend to order Cosmos and other drinks served on the rocks as opposed to fruitier, blended drinks so this might explain my 'potent' concotions.
If you drink alcoholic drinks with ice and fruit juice, you'll get fat before you get drunk. True pretty much anywhere, but more true at a "family resort" than in a college bar.
Which is why I think "not a martinis" are so popular - from appletinis to cosmos to lemon drops - when the ingrediants are liquor topped with liquor, its hard to get a weak drink.