The only guarantee if you try to teach yourself is that you will crash. Do your best to locate the nearest club or two (check with the local hobby shop) and then visit their flying site. Most of the flyers there will be most happy to look over your items and give you constructive advice. Most probably, they will also have some people who will gladly take you under their wing and teach you to fly. There are too many areas to cover for a new flyer on a forum such as this, nothing beats one on one help at the field.