there's a 12 step program. First you must admit you are a newbie. Next you must surrender to a higher power.

The answer is to focus on the Process of playing proper poker, not the results. Newbies get sucked into a big win and they want to repeat it. If not the first winning session, then some other. Then they play for the result and not the process. So:

1. Know what cards you play and how you play them.
2. Follow "your" plan of action to the best of your ability
3. Record notes about hands and sessions so you can learn
4. Think of your first 25,000 hands as a test. (Many winning players on this site play 25,000 hands per Month! 25,000 isn't that many.
5. Take a long view where the process of playing to your best ability is more important than winning any particular pot.

That's a start, IMHO

Oh I forgot a big one - BR Management. Read the Bankroll managment stickie and follow it. If you do then you will have the buffer you need to play poker, if you don't follow it then no amount of skill can overcome the deficit.