Has anyone else bought a manual car and hated their life for getting one?

I just bought a 2001 Chevy Cavalier, its a really nice car tho. Got it for 3k, like 119k miles. sun roof, alarm, 36+ miles to the gallon, etc. But man is it hard to drive a manual or maybe its just me... After hours of finally getting somewhat used to stopping and starting I actually got out on the road one of the scariest things in my life.
Haven't wrecked. But I killed my car a few times when stopping at red lights etc.
If anyone has any advice that helped them when they first started driving a manual that would be awesome.