Bahaha, I can relate. I've been 'drawing' since I was a kid, crappy stuff, though. I would occasionally draw stuff here and there in middle & high school, but never really got into it like when I was a kid. After I graduated I tried getting back into it again because I thought that I wanted to be a tattoo artist, but I gave up on that rather quickly. It wasn't until this time last year that I got back into it and started taking it seriously. I'm self taught as well, let's be friends lol. Self taught is the shit.
I did start taking online digital painting courses from Chris Oatley about 6 months ago, though. And back in May I started going to a local figure drawing group, where I met Clint Hobart, who hosts them. He's cool, he gives us mini lessons and will critique our work if we want. But in Fall I'll be going to a community college for art.