First, take a deep breath. It will get better! The single best piece of advice I can give it to just stick with it. You will be humbled, but it will be worth it.
This was me the first day I got my first heli:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TRmLHbHCFbo
Now this is the most recent video of me flying the same heli:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1a_Se7gcBY
You can see that the level of skill is up huge and I fly mostly RC planes instead of flying heli's very often. The point of this thread is that at first it can be REALLY hard to make it work right. Just like with riding a bike, it just clicks one day and you are off.
I hope this helps you guys!
GB