If it is your first heli experience you may be humbled a bit, but it can be learned.

If you insist on learning on it, try this:

Be Sure the Heli is set up to fly- fighting a bad setup will make it worse and nearly impossible to learn.
Spare parts- have the common items, blades, grips, feather shaft, etc., on hand. Waiting for parts will prolong the learning curve.
Good weather or indoors- fighting (correcting for) wind will really scare you if you can't even hover.
Several batteries- STICK TIME -you'll want to fly as much per session as possible. Waiting an hour between flights or till tomorrow will make it more difficult to improve.
Find a large area, smooth surface, no obstructions- this way you can let it "drift" and have time to make slight control(s) inputs to learn model response and add control trim as required.
Go sloooow- you will likely not be buzzing around anytime soon, but you should be able to hover a "complete battery pack" without landing after an hour or so of sick time.

HAVE FUN- if it is not enjoyable, step back and reconsider.

Just a few ideas, not the definative list.