Especially for beginners it is hard to walk away after banging your first 8. I wasted my time and money after things got worse: I got friend-zoned. Best practice is to forget her and move on. It is the only way to improve your game instead of getting stuck.
"Fart, and if you must, fart often. But always fart without apology. Fart for freedom, fart for liberty, and fart proudly" (Ben Franklin)