The last Christmas before my ex moved out (I made him stay through the holidays for the kids' sake) they had these super-cheap drum kits at Costco, so I told him that was what he was buying me for Xmas.
I was 53, that was 3 1/2 years ago. It was the best therapy ever (although I did NOT follow the advice of one girlfriend, who thought I should paste photos of my ex onto the drum heads lol). Now I play in an amateur rock band (maybe not so amateur since a local bar just invited us back for some real gigs). I started through an adult rock program (think "School of Rock" for grownups) and I've been playing with the same guys for 2 years now. We play mostly 90's and later rock (Florence and the Machine, the Hives, Green Day, etc) plus some 80's punk (Ramones, Joan Jett, X, Social Distortion).
You totally should go for it! I found it is actually physically impossible to be unhappy when you are drumming Highway to Hell
