I AM NEW...I MEAN REALLY NEW....AS GREEN AS IT GETS....

I REALLY COULD USE SOME HELP ON HOW TO GET STARTED ON MY JOURNEY....
HAVE ALWAYS BEEN INTERESTED...BUT NEVER GOT TO THE POINT TO LEARN AND PRACTICE HOODOO UNTIL RECENTLY BECAUSE OF A GROUP OF HARASSING NEIGHBORS WHO HAVE WENT AS FAR AS TO PRESS FALSE CHARGES ON ME, TWICE I MIGHT ADD, AND ME GETTING ARRESTED AND PUT IN JAIL...I HAVE WENT EVERYWHERE TO TRY AND GET HELP WITH THEM....BUT NO ONE WANTS TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT...THE SHERIFF, D.A., CHIEF OF POLICE, FBI, ETC.....
ANYWAY....A FRIEND OF MINE WAS BEING SARCASTIC AND SAID, "WHY DON'T YOU JUST PUT A SPELL ON THEM? THEN IT CLICKED....AND SINCE THEN I HAVE BEEN DOING SOME RESEARCHING ON THE INTERNET...BUT HAVE MORE OR LESS JUST CONFUSSED MYSELF EXCEPT THAT HOODOO IS WHAT I WOULD LIKE TO LEARN...AND I FINALLY BELIEVE I HAVE BEEN LEAD TO THE CORRECT SITE.....
SO...ANY SUGGESTIONS/ADVISE ON WHAT I SHOULD START OFF/DO FIRST WOULD BE GREATLY APPRECIATED....
THANKS FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ MY FIRST POST!