After a long haitus, I've started once again to try and have a LD, I've been at it for just over a month, but I've pretty much been doing what I always do.

I've been trying to have DILDs and MILDs. I reality check during the day and my recall is good. I keep a DJ and write at least two dreams per night.

Most of the time, I fall asleep while repeating "I am aware that I am dreaming", I set an alarm to wake up 4.5-5 later. Once I've woken up, I stay awake for about 5 mins then fall back asleep while repeating the same mantra.

But I still haven't had a LD I was wondering am I doing something wrong? I don't want to say that "x technique doesn't work"... Is my mantra bad, am I waking up at the wrong time?