Congrats on taking up the drums!
I'd really recommend taking a few lessons with a good teacher, at least when you're starting.
Firstly, you'll get started off with good habits and posture. Posture is important for all instruments, but particularly drums as it is so physical.
Secondly, you'll start to get a feel for how drummers think (I'm resisting the urge to insert a joke here about drummers and thinking being in the same sentence), and it will make your future drum learning more efficient.
Thirdly, drum lessons are really fun. I took four drums lessons when I first started playing drums and after a few lessons I can handle most beats up to a moderate level of difficulty. Last year I took a ten weekend lessons just to get my act together on basics again.
The cool thing is you don't necessarily have to have regular drum lessons all the time to progress. If you don't want to commit to weekly lessons, I'd say take a month or two of weekly lessons, and then maybe take a lesson every month or two just to keep you on the right track.
Good luck!
