Heard about Silk Road back in 2012 and thought Bitcoin was interesting, but never pursued or dived in just yet.
In 2013, is when I dove head first, and got into mining, buying, reading and researching, etc.
Now, I'm all in.
That is very similar story to mine. In my case it was Mt. Gox that first brought me to bitcoin in 2013. Luckily for me, I wanted to first read and do some of my own research on the subject, so I miss both the rally from the end of 2013 and Mt. Gox hoax. Since then, I am pretty much in, with all ups and downs included.