Hey everybody...Please take the time to read this. I appreciate your help.

I've had 1 true lucid dream that I remember vividly, and another that was unintentional (although it occured after I had been trying for the 1st one). The 2nd one I have forgotten altogether although I remembered it for a few weeks. This was last summer. I want to get back into it because I love it so much.

For my first one, I took a journal, tried different techniques, no success...until one day it just worked; during the dream I just realized its impossibility and was completely ecstatic as people are for their first. In about 3-6 mins I had lost lucidity.

Now, I want to be able to lucidly dream as close to on-command as possible. First, however, I want to MASTER dream recall, which for me would be 1-2 per night. I just started a dream journal last night, but could not remember anything whatsoever in the morning. One setback is my alarm clock. It is on the other side of the room because I have no outlet near my nighttable, thus I must get up to shut it off. I have tried waking myself up 4.5 hours after falling asleep, but I did not remember anything.

One more problem: I never fall asleep easily. The avg. for most people is within 7 mins. of when they go to bed, but for me its around 20 or 30. If I use auto suggestion I always have to wait a long time before I can fall asleep.

I am really just stuck here. I know I have not been patient enough, but usually I can remember 1 per 2-3 weeks without trying (which it horrible, but still). I am still trying, and I'll update this thread with any new info. Thanks for your attention, I hope you can help me with a method or noticing a problem in mine.