Thread: trying to become lucid

ive been trying to lucid dream for quiet some time now. over the past 2 to 3 weeks ive actually seriously commited to having one tho. i started keeping a dream journal about 2 weeks ago and now i remember up to 3 vivid long dreams per night. ive also been taking vitamin b6 pills, choline pills, and calea zacaterachichi pills. now that i have decent dream recall i need help attaining lucidity. i also do a ton of reality checks during waking life. ive read many tutorials but i want an answer directed towards me. the problems i have while trying to have a lucid dream are as follows:
when i try a MILD i always end up falling asleep before i begin visualizing. (fall asleep while i do lucid affirmations) and when i wake up out of a dream in the middle of the night i usually fall asleep while just beginning to visualize. when i try to do a WILD during an afternoon nap ive layed there visualizing and becoming more relaxed but never fall asleep.
what am i doing wrong? and, what is the best and easiest technique to havign a lucid dream? the closest ive came to lucid dreaming was when i had sleep paralysis. i felt like i was beginning to shift into another world and i heard audial hallucinations of a garden and birds chirping. do u guys think ill have a lucid dream soon?

thanks