theres a few stories to tell i guess... not all of them good though ;) i find it entirely addictive making music.
in general i try to steer clear of the music business, but i suppose you have to flirt a bit with it if you want to be a musician. a few times i thought of turning pro, some regrets about it i suppose, but i think for me its better not to earn my livilihood from it.
made some great friends over the years, some of them on this forum too! i'm still a ropey as hell player, but at least i sound nice now ;)
i'm quite shocked about how naive i was when i first started. got burned a few times - personally and financially. my biggest fear is that i have to stop making music someday.