Thread: An Excited Nood With A Few Questions

Hey Everyone!

I'm new here and am very excited to meet you all. I've always been interested in LD's but haven't taken the idea seriously. But after stumbling upon this sight and reading all the stories and helping suggestions, I'm ready to start lucid dreaming. Now I've read the getting started threads and different types of LD's.

Since this will be my first attempt, I'm going to try to take it as seriously as possible. I've got my RC's established and I'm starting to practice ADA and specific moments of awareness and reality checking throughout my day. And I'm going to work on my recall by keeping a daily dream journal.

But there are still a few concerns I haven't had answered yet.

1. I've always considered myself to be one of those people who don't dream. And I understand that everybody dreams just not everyone remembers. But I'm definitely in the group who remember very little. Maybe once a month I'll recall someone being in a dream, but its more of a "I think I had a dream about you last night" kind of thing. Nothing specific or definite. So my concern is, what do I do if I can't remember on a regular basis? Won't it take forever if I only get the opportunity to exercise the technique once every month or so?

2. I smoke pot on a regular basis, have been for the past 6 years. It can be assumed that I am at least a little high at all times of the day. More so before bed when I'm winding down after my day, actually my general routine is to take a hit about 20 minutes before bed, pot has always helped me sleep. So my question is, does drug use (specifically marijuana) affect ones ability to LD?

3. I've always had an interest in lucid dreaming and have casually read up on techniques and what not. In the past I have even attempted the WILD technique (staying perfectly still and waiting for the dream to unfold around you). My attempts were unsuccessful because, while I'm consciously waiting for sleep paralysis, it doesn't come because I'm conscious. But if I don't consciously think about getting to that stage it happens without me noticing and my next thought is when I wake up the following morning. I'm not sure if that makes sense, its hard to explain. But it's my most frustrating concern. I've had ideas like some sort of meditation like mantra, or counting continuously. Any thoughts?

I'll be practicing my recall techniques for the next week or so and will begin my attempts come November. I will keep a progress thread of my experiences. Any suggestions or theories or ideas are greatly appreciated.

I'm pumped about this site and meeting each of you. And I'm very excited for the beginning of my life as a lucid dreamer.