Help, advice needed for learning Action Script

I don't have any experience with programing and even scripting and I can't find tutorials for total beginners. I started to read this one
http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ActionScript/3.0_ProgrammingAS3/WS5b3ccc516d4fbf351e63e3d118a9 b8cbfe-7ff7.html
but I have difficulties understanding the explanations.
If you have any advice and pointers to tutorials for total dummy beginners I will greatly appreciate it.

I’m 27 years old and one month ago I started study ActionScript 3.0. After red a lot of forums with recommendations about what need to do for study as3 I clear next things:
Try to visit forums about as3 and discus with people about your problems and also try to help other solve their problems (you can help a lot of people to solve their problems, you can find a lot answers to your questions, you can share your experience with others)
Try to read books about as3 (in books you can find all theory and some examples for this theory, so this info will be very helpful for you, because it’s a fundamental knowledge what you must to know)
Try to visit sites with tutorials (on the net you can find a lot sites with tutorials and there you step by step will study a lot of things)
Share your knowledge with others (create your blog or something else where you will show to people your examples of work, where you will write about as3 and will share your experiences and knowledge, this can give you chance to consolidate your knowledge and give opportunity other people study as3)
Try to separate big not understandable problem to smaller(after you find answer to all small problems you can find answer to big problem)
And the main what you must remember then YOU MUST CODING EVERY DAY! (I think without it you never been a as3 coder.)
I can recommend next sites witch can help you to study ActionScript 3.0:
Books:
<a href="http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ActionScript/3.0_ProgrammingAS3/">http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ActionScript/3.0_ProgrammingAS3/</a> 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Essential-ActionScript-3-0-Colin-Moock/dp/0596526946">Essential ActionScript 3.0</a> 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Learning-ActionScript-3-0-Beginners-Guide/dp/059652787X/ref=sr_1_2?i e=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261737552&sr=1-2">Learning ActionScript 3.0: A Beginner's Guide</a> 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/ActionScript-Adobe-Flash-Professional-Classroom/dp/0321579216/ref=sr _1_6?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261737552&sr=1-6">ActionScript 3.0 for Adobe Flash CS4 Professional Classroom in a Book</a> 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/ActionScript-3-0-Game-Programming-University/dp/0789737027/ref=sr_1_ 7?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261737552&sr=1-7">ActionScript 3.0 Game Programming University</a> 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/ActionScript-3-0-Cookbook-Application-Developers/dp/0596526954/ref=s r_1_8?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1261737552&sr=1-8">ActionScript 3.0 Cookbook: Solutions for Flash Platform and Flex Application Developers</a>
Forums:
<a href="http://forums.adobe.com/community/flash/flash_actionscript3">http://forums.adobe.com/community/flash/flash_actionscript3</a> 
<a href="http://www.actionscript.org/forums/forumdisplay.php3?f=75">http://www.actionscript.org/forums/forumdisplay.php3?f=75</a> 
<a href="http://www.flasher.ru/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=83">http://www.flasher.ru/forum/forumdisplay.php?f=83</a>
Blogs:
<a href="http://theflashblog.com/">http://theflashblog.com/</a> 
<a href="http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/">http://www.mikechambers.com/blog/</a> 
<a href="http://as3journal.blogspot.com/">http://as3journal.blogspot.com/</a> 
<a href="http://flash-templates-today.com/blog/">http://flash-templates-today.com/blog/</a> 
<a href="http://xitri.com/">http://xitri.com/</a> 
<a href="http://www.hamstersteam.com/">http://www.hamstersteam.com/</a> 
<a href="http://flash-animation.ru/">http://flash-animation.ru/</a> 
<a href="http://www.keyframer.com/">http://www.keyframer.com/</a>
Tutorials:
<a href="http://cookbooks.adobe.com/actionscript">http://cookbooks.adobe.com/actionscript</a> 
<a href="http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/30-free-flash-photo-galleries-and-tutorials/">http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/30-free-flash-photo-galleries-and-tutorials/</a> 
<a href="http://www.ilike2flash.com/">http://www.ilike2flash.com/</a> 
<a href="http://xuroqflash.com/">http://xuroqflash.com/</a> 
<a href="http://www.emanueleferonato.com/category/actionscript-3/">http://www.emanueleferonato.com/category/actionscript-3/</a> 
<a href="http://www.graphicmania.net/category/adobe-flash/">http://www.graphicmania.net/category/adobe-flash/</a> 
<a href="http://www.flashperfection.com/">http://www.flashperfection.com/</a> 
<a href="http://active.tutsplus.com/category/tutorials/">http://active.tutsplus.com/category/tutorials/</a>

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