How to take swimming lessons
It made me
Happy! 
"Enlightening!"
How I did it: Signed up for adult private lessons at the school my girlfriend teaches at. Intentionally requested her as an instructor because I knew it would help me get over my fear of the water, and because she would not let me goof off during my time in the water.
Resources: Foss Swim School -- several locations in Minneapolis-St. Paul area.
