Through friends is almost always the best way. Clubs, bars and parties work but girls tend to not appreciate you being too drunk to remember their names.
I liked Closer.
Strippers are fun to hang out with on occasion but not worth the time of day when it comes to living with/dating them. Basically for all the same reasons everyone else has stated.
My friend's cousin was on that show. They ran up on him at a bar with some chick and he just sat there and kept drinking, completely ignoring everything else.
I've drank to the point of passing out while making out, getting head and fucking. It's something you have to accept if you're planning on drinking that way. Get over it.
Liquor store 30 seconds away from my front door with employees that refer to everyone as bossman and have a huge clientele of crackdealers and broken down drunks.