Don't feel alone as majority of students likely found themselves in exactly the same position.For me it was the same.
After a morning session of white knuckles, stick stirring, sweating and swearing my instructor suggested I come back later in the afternoon after having a little sip or two of the devils dew.It was fully legal back then to have some reading in your system.
Off we went later that day and at first re-attempt at all just came into place and I never looked back from there.I remember the day as if it were yesterday.
It was a little bit harder for me because I learnt to fly on an Enstrom 280 which had no governor or correlator to help me keep the disc within rev limits when making collective changes.To this day I believe that it made me a better pilot.
It felt very strange to me in the beginning, when flying a turbine, not to have to think about winding the throttle on or off and it took a while to get used to it. Doing turbine governor failure training was easy for me as I was entirely used to making subtle throttle changes when moving the collective up or down.
I flew many types over the years but always looked forward to hopping into the Enstrom 280 to go out and play on the training square.
I am living proof that almost anyone can be taught to fly.