Ha ha, I bet that if you find and read some of my earlier posts, you would see that I sounded a lot like you. However, I have learned that if you have enough belief, not in blind faith, but quantifiable facts, you can achieve lucidity, or even anything. Before I knew which method was best for me, I groped around, trying each method for at most 4 days. If I didn't get a positive result, I moved on. I then learned about ADA, (All Day Awareness) and met someone who knew a lot about the subject.

Upon investigating the technique, I saw that it had fast and effective results for a lot of people. It bests reality checks, as it relies on you actually dreaming, not just remembering to reality check, hopefully in a dream.
I use this method, and have been for a week now. It is showing positive results so far, and THAT is what I believe in. I don't believe it will work, and thus it will work, I believe that it can work, and now I know it will. The two are different.