I first picked up the guitar when I was about 22 when I was home from college one summer. During that summer I took about 8 lessons with a local teacher that was recommended to me. Looking back now, my teacher was really more interested in simply teaching songs rather than any theory or music fundamentals, but I did pick up enough basics and chords to allow me to continue. After that summer I was on my own. With that basic background, I pretty much continued on the same path of just trying to learn basic songs (well really just bits and pieces). At that time, the resources on the internet pretty slim. There was a tab site called OLGA back then that I used quite a bit. I worked that way for a couple years, but never really put the effort in that I now wish I had. I slowly petered out. I got married in 2000, and shortly after that, I rarely played at all (I always missed it though).
About two weeks before this past Thanksgiving, I decided that I wanted get back into playing and get a bit more serious. Once I began playing again with my old guitar, I was AMAZED at the vast amount of great resources now available on the web. I quickly started picking up all sorts of new exercises, great lessons in theory, helpful concepts and instructions, etc. It was overwhelming! I've since purchased a new 714ce-SD (which I posted picks for in a separate thread), and have been playing for about an hour a day. I've loving every minute of it! I have a long, LONG way to go, but I think that the new resources available on the web now have already been a huge help.
I've debated on trying to take a few new lessons, but what I would really like, is to simply have a friend that I can play with. In all these years, the only person I've ever gotten to play with was the instructor I had for my first few lessons. I don't know since I've never had the opportunity, but I really feel like playing with other people in a casual setting would be VERY helpful. Now I just need to meet someone else who plays, and has the patience put up with me.