I'm with you. For me it's been 4 1/2 years of sobriety. I did it on my own after my best friend died of cirrhosis. I tried to help but was too late. Guitar came 1 year later. It's always something I wanted to do. Now I'm 61! I think this site is great. I have used it as well as Hal Leonard. I have had in person lessons but I think these are better. No complaints till today when I discovered loop wasn't working. Im sure its minor. Id really like to find some others with same level close to home to just jam along. Keep it up. I play every day.