I have the program on my computer however I am slightly retarded and
need someone to spell things out.  I have a domain name and a hosting
service, however nothing else.  I need to make this work.  Please give
me a step by step guide for someone like me to publish whatever I
create in the dreamweaver program.

Try these sites.  A couple even have screenshots to assist you along the way:

[ http://www.ehow.com/how_15716_publish-web-site.html ]
[ http://www.washington.edu/computing/web/publishing/fetch-dw.html ]
[ http://www.roch.edu/it/html/webtopics/dreamweaver.html ]

search terms: dreamweaver publish website

Get as far as you can and when you get stuck at a particular step,
repost a new question or clarification to this question with
information on what you did do and where you are now and ask for
further assistance.

Personally, I've never used Dreamweaver.  However, I personally manage
quite a few websites.

So, I can tell you that once you've created your files, you need to
use something called "FTP Software" to send the files over to your
website. There are several different FTP software packages "out there"
online.  A few are freeware, though, off-hand, I don't know the name
of a free one.

If you're on a Windows system, you may also use Internet Explorer to
FTP your files to your website.

Try this:
1) Open Internet Explorer.
2) Type the following into the address bar:

ftp://username:password@www.yourwebsite.com

Where "username" and "password" are the username and password that
your web host has given you for your website.   And where
"www.yourwebsite.com" is whatever your domain name is.

This MAY work for you.

If that opens up a window to your website, then, in theory, you should
be able to "drag and drop" your files from your desktop into this
window... and they will then FTP across.  (You should see a
thermometer bar pop up as they transfer.)

Now, one important thing to note is that with some webhosts, when you
connect to your website by FTP, you connect into your "root
directory".  Anything in this directory is NOT going to show up
online.  Usually, WITHIN this directory is a folder called "www" or
"public_html".  Navigate down into that.  THIS is where you should FTP
your files out to.

After you transfer your files, check to make sure all of your pages
are there and that any interactive functionality is working.

One issue I've often found after such a move is that PERMISSIONS on
some files might be incorrect, considering what they need to be in
order for them to work.

Permissions can be a long subject to explain.  I'd suggest you contact
your webhosting provider for further information.

Your webhosting provider should already have some FAQs regarding how
to publish your website online.

Thanks!

-= Dave =-