Hi welcome to the forum mate.

I posted a while ago on the problem you're talking about:
http://www.puaforums.co.uk/beginners...m-friends.html

Hopefully you can find some like-minded people in your area soon to meet up with. In the meantime you could go solo. You'll probably realise, like most of us have, that all the information your taking on board doesn't help a lot. You might find yourself soon actually trying to forget everything you've learned. But that means you're progressing.