If/Else - stop action in middle?

Hi!

So, I have an if/else statement that changes the state of the screen.

1 button to be the pivotal element. 13 different states. 1 variable to increase each time a state is viewed so a learner will be guided through each state seamlessly.

The idea with this is to have only one action, and to save so much confusion (and troubleshooting) in the timeline by using state changes vs 13 different groups.

So the if/else statement has 12 tabs. Each tab will change the state and increase a variable by one. But because the action naturally wants to play through all 12 tabs, EVEN IF it finds a statement to be true, the variable is automatically increased all the way from 0 (or 1) to 13 and the state change goes to the last state. The learner never sees the middle.

How do I stop an if/else statement from progressing from the various tabs when it finds its first true statement?

I added a pause to the action, and that did not help at all.

Do I need 13 different actions and 13 groups of graphics/text vs states?

NOTE: the course is still very much under construction; please disregard ugly screen shots.